My parents have a wood burning fireplace, and those fire logs aren't as hot as real wood. Plus, you don't get the crackle and popping of the wood burning, which is part of the whole experience.
They have threatened for years to convert theirs to a gas insert (they have natural gas leading to it as well for easy starting), but I hope that they never do. Sure, it is more efficient, clean, convenient, etc. but there is something special about a wood burning fireplace.
I even love the smell of the winter air in older neighbourhoods, infused with other people's fireplace smoke.
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