Get a really green Christmas tree

Lots of bloggers agree that a real tree is more e.c. (ecologically correct) than a fake one. See what Grist, Greenthinkers, Treehugger (in an evergreen entry from last year), and the San Francisco Chronicle are saying. Fake trees are evil, made of poisonous PVC in sweatshops. But some true trees can make you sick. Then again, you could also make a tree from recycled ingredients such as paperback pages and an old bike tire, pink feather boas, or wire hangers. More Hip Than Hippie and Green Home Living have lots of green Christmas tips. Or just forget it all, say bah, and be "okay with being a heathen."  Or try to worship nature from your chair and breathe in these tree photos by photographer James Balog, in Sierra Magazine.