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Real, but if I lived in the South West, I'd probably go with fake.
Fake trees have come a long way. They can really look good now.
I have noticed that around here at least, it seems that the tree lots get a big shipment of real trees early in the holiday season. They put a bunch out on display to be sold, and the rest go in a pile in the back. As they sell the display trees, they pull more from the storage in the back. Some lots appear to use sprinklers to keep the stored trees out back somewhat fresh, but I don't think all do. What this means, is that as the season progresses, the real trees for sale are dryer and dryer.
We normally put our tree up in mid to late December, so what we have learned to do is buy a real tree early on, and stand it up in a big bucket of water in the back yard. It stays there in the bucket of water for a couple of weeks, until we are ready to set it up inside. They last a lot longer that way. Plus it's colder outside, so that helps too.
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