Christmas Tree..whats the point?

During this past holiday season my brother and i again told my parents that we wanted a real tree vs. taking out our fake tree that we keep in the basement. For as long as i can remember from my childhood though i would always wait till my dad brought up our faux tree from the basement and set it up; it never really bothered me not having a real tree and i could really care less as long as we had one. Yet as my brother and i got older, we wanted a real tree and to go pick it out and have it smell good and fresh and yea it was a good all around time. Till this year i never really thought about any negatives that were coming with a real tree. So one day after school my brother and i met my parents at The Chalet and picked out a tree. I never really understood the difference between the different type of tree but since we started getting one we had always gotten a Frazier Furr. So we picked out and the nice man put it in a net and straped it on to the top of our car. Than the total came to something around like $130 my parents didnt say anything but when driving home with my brother behind our parents, i brought up how much the tree cost and how expensive i thought it was. I mean with the tip and the tree the total came to $150. My brother shrugged it off and said what ever its christmas Mark who cares. But it really bugged me to spend so much money on a tree that we'll end up having for three weeks. I mean really when i think about it, it's such a hastle to bring it in the house and screw it in the tree stand and make sure its perfectly erract so it doesnt fall over and then to put the lights on and the ornaments took up a whole two and half hours. This year was also a bad year for tree's according to my father who read an article in the news paper. So everyday after school i was the one who had to take the pitcher and climb under the tree and water it then also really i never appreciated the tree. Nor did i ever sit in my living room and look at the tree. It kind of seems like a waste of time and a waste of a good amount of money. I mean a faux tree is fine i think and most already ahev lights on them and most are already in the stand so really all you do is put up the ornaments and dont hastle around with it. Also many fires during this season happen from tree's being too dry and then if the lights get to hot the tree can catch on fire. Also cutting down all these tree's is kind of horrible too; even though they do grow back pretty rapidly. And also to take down the tree and dismount it from the stand and then if you kept it through new years it might be pretty dry so then all the needles from the tree get on the floor and then carrying it out to the curb and getting obnoxious sticky sap on your hands and clothes then taking down the lights and the ornament to untangle the lights again next year and yea so over all i enjoy having a christmas tree but i believe it is kind of a waste of patience and next year i hope we will use our faux tree.