AIBU to think 40 quid is too much to spend on a Christmas tree

[FredFredGeorge]

DP was out so me and DD (6mo) went out to buy a Christmas tree today, but I came home empty handed when I discovered anything bigger than 3ft tall was 40quid or more, even for the no drop ones.

Surely this is way too much to spend on a bit of tree that'll be dead in 3 weeks?

YANBU there is another thread somewhere (maybe in chat) and people are paying a lot more than that! Shocking [hshock]

even!

Last year we got one for £10, this year the cheapest we could get was £25 and I thought that was a lot! I can' believe how much they have gone up, just like everything else I suppose...

Haven't been able to get one for less than £30 for the last 3 years. But that might be that we can only realistically get it from B&Q as we don't have a car to transport it.

Tis the fault of the Danes, Fred. Or not.

www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/dec/09/christmas-tree-rip-off

I think its too much ,but then I read a thread on here the other day where people pay £100 for a turkey [hshock]

Yanbu. Our friend ended up paying £55 . That was for a 9 ft tree though.

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I go to our local Christmas tree farm. They have a rejects section, where they are half price. As our tree goes in a corner it doesn't matter if it is slightly wonky on one side.

We paid £40 for a 9.5ft xmas tree from a local estate. A bargain considering B&Q were charging the same and more for a 5ft. I think if you look around you can pay less....

callow I love the idea of an Xmas tree rejects section.

DH went out today and spent 35 and brought home the biggest tree he could find. It's been a shit year. I feel we should do our best to send it off.

Our one was £70 12 years ago (fake tree) but it has fibre optics and looks great so its self decorating really

its a 7ft tree too

Got a 7ft one for £23.50 from a small local nursery - will let you know how long it lasts.

Our plan for the future is to grow one in a tub and bring it in every year - to an unheated porch.

We got a cheap one last year, about a tenner for a 7 foot tree. Asked bloke why it was cheapest in the shop and he said 'cos it's a rubbish tree'. In fact it was perfect - no branches down one side so fit nicely against wall in our tiny house. Told bloke they should be selling them as special 'small house' trees and charging a premium . This year in bigger house have just paid 40 quid for huge and lovely tree. Dont regret a penny of it, it looks gorgeous. Esp as dd has insisted on putting 6 baubles on each branch!

Think 40 quid is normal tbh, we have an fake one for 1st time in years as we are going away for Christmas but i do miss a real tree :(

I'm in Paris and a six foot tree here will set you back 95 euros.

Bigger than that and it will set you back 120 euros.

Mine is a fake tree and is still going strong after 12 years, complete with working fibre optics, no messy lights

I nearly fainted (well, not really) when DH bought a half price fake one 7 years ago for £40. I said with 6 week old DS in the car. Our fake tree looks good as new.

The price of fresh trees is mad!

We spent over £50 on one a few years ago - as on 15 Dec all the 4-5 footers were sold and only luxury/larger ones were left at the garden centre, none at Homebase/florists/enterprising bloke in a vacant lot were left. Was shocked.

This time it was under £30 for a nice one at Homebase as we've learnt to buy while stocks are still available - being in London it would be too much time and petrol to go somewhere where they're cheaper.

I admit it's a luxury but our main Christmas spends are the turkey and the tree - everything else isn't that much more. Plan to make a wreath from its offcuts and some ivy next week.

much more eco friendly imo

£40 is about normal, although YANBU to think its too much. I think it's a huge amount to spend, but can't find nice trees cheaper so have paid it the last 3 years. It helped this year that the first tree I chose was £60...£40 seemed like a bargain after that!

We had the same fake tree for 25 years and only binned it after last Christmas. Some of the tiny branches were splitting. Kind of regret getting rid it when I saw the price of both real and decent-looking artificial trees .

I like one for outside our front door. I paid £20 but it is only small. The bigger ones are £40 plus.

DH said to me today that the tree is rather small and insignificant and why didn't I get something larger, when I told him of the "larger prices" he was shocked.