I'm regretting saying that we should get a real tree this year. We pulled out the old faithful fake tree from the loft only to find that it had lost 2 of it's feet in the move to the new house earlier in the year. So I set off to the local garden centre (I like to support local businesses at this time of year) to get a real one. I picked a lovely looking 7 foot Nordman. It was only when I got to the check out (with a massive queue behind me) that I discovered that the tree plus the stand which you have to buy with trees these days was 80 feckin quid! (£45 for the tree, £35 for the stand, for comparison sake) so much for supporting local businesses... next year I'm going to a forest after dark with a wood saw....