Buy a potted or balled Christmas tree (roots still attached) so you can replant it in the backyard or donate it to the parks department.
Availability: Now, only in Japan: $284 for the vase version; $473 for the potted plant Imagine flanking your home stereo with birds of paradise rather than a pair of speakers.
That might be easy if you have a green thumb and a backyard big enough to absorb a Douglas fir: lug the potted tree inside for the holidays, then outside once your New Year's .