What’s the most environmentally friendly Christmas tree you can get?

For the first time in my life, on the day after Thanksgiving, I went to a tree farm in Waterford, Pennsylvania. As I walked through rows and rows of Fraser firs, looking for the perfect seven-foot-tall Christmas tree for my boyfriend’s family, I couldn’t help but feel pangs of guilt. I love nature, and I feel bad about cutting down an eight-year-old tree just to use it as a decoration for a few weeks.
My family, like most Italians I know, always used a fake tree for Christmas; the sa