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Do Florida Locals Prefer a Real or Artificial Christmas Tree?
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone and the deals that make Black Friday and Cyber Monday sizzle have concluded, it’s high time to turn our collective attention forward towards the jolliest day of the calendar year.
In states like Florida, the debate du jour centers around whether real Christmas trees are better than their artificial brethren, which wound up being a closer race than many would expect, with wood beating plastic in the Sunshine State.
Holiday season is in full swing. At FloridaBet.com, we were curious if locals in the state prefer real or artificial Christmas trees. Using Google Trends, we compared the search interest scores for “real Christmas trees” and “artificial Christmas trees.” The search period was 11/30/2023-12/25/2023 and filtered to only include Florida.
Stay tuned for more holiday pieces as we also monitor the Florida sports betting landscape.
Florida Christmas Tree Preferences
Type | Score |
Real Tree | 19 |
Artificial Tree | 17 |
Florida Metro Preferences
Metro | Type | Percentage of Preference |
Pensacola | Artificial Tree | 100% |
Tallahassee | Artificial Tree | 100% |
Jacksonville | Real Tree | 54% |
Orlando-Daytona Beach | Artificial Tree | 51% |
Tampa-St. Petersburg | Artificial Tree | 54% |
West Palm Beach | Artificial Tree | 52% |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | Real Tree | 66% |
Which Type of Xmas Tree Do Florida Residents Prefer?
In the Sunshine State, real trees scored a two point victory over artificial ones when it came to the digital tea leaves known as search interest scores, with the former notching a total score of 19 points to the former’s total of 17.
When broken down by metropolitan area, the results were a bit more varied, with places like Pensacola and Tallahassee going with artificial trees over real ones by a margin of 100%-to-0% in favor of the former over the latter, while places like Miami (66%-to-34%) and Jacksonville (54%-to-46%) went with real trees over artificial ones.
In between, the Orlando-Daytona Beach metropolitan area (51%-to-49%), Tampa-St. Petersburg region (54%-to-46%) and West Palm Beach (52%-to-48%) sided with artificial trees over real ones, skewing the statewide scores to better reflect the balanced approach to Christmas trees come Dec. 25.
Also of interest: Favorite Christmas Movies Among Floridians.
USA Today photo by Daniella Heminghaus.
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