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I have no memory of any year that I didn't have a fresh cut Christmas tree in the house. So over the years that amounts to a small forest of trees that I've had. As suggested by TheCrimsonGhost above, they were all grown for this purpose on local tree farms and I'm glad to bolster that economy a little bit. As a child I was raised Catholic so of course we had trees; but then as I got older and turned "non religious" I continued with the Christmas trees since I like how they look and to me they symbolize seasonal changes and good will between people.
My first Jewish wife, now my ex-wife, never had a Christmas tree while growing up since her family practiced a liberal form of their religion, but they were religious. So she was ecstatic when we got married and started having Christmas trees every year. She really got into it and had a wonderful sense of style and decoration that made it quite beautiful.
My second Jewish wife, who is my present dearest wifey, comes from a non-religious family background so they had Christmas trees in the home as she was growing up and practiced some of the non-religious traditions of the season. So obviously we've always had a tree since we've been married.
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