The Costco trees BB is speaking of (I believe) are not artificial.
Here our Costco trees are $30ish this year and can be close to 9 feet tall (if you’re lucky!). We have purchased the Costco tree for the past 4 years or so and only one year was it not enormous. The price can’t be beat.
Okay, they are real, got it.
Seattle area people-I discovered Coates Tree Farm in Auburn last year and found my favorite variety, but they have many types. We didn’t see a single “bad” tree-all of them in every variety we passed was full and thick and lovely. If you’re looking to cut your own (they also have some precut), I would highly recommend them. The price for mine was much lower than cut long-needle trees I’ve been finding over the years, and H said that “his” type was priced well too.