Real Christmas trees are festive, but they can require a lot of daily work and tend to create a mess with shedding needles. That’s why an artificial Christmas tree, which can be set up quickly, reused each year, and looks convincingly real, can be a great alternative.

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This artificial Christmas tree is adorned with festive trimmings, such as frosted tips, pine cones, and holly berries scattered across 1,398 branch tips. The tree is also pre-lit with 550 incandescent lights, making it the perfect wintery backdrop for all of your Christmas celebrations.

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Keep your pre-lit, white, or frosted tree fresh, dust-free, and holiday-ready with this guide on how to clean an artificial Christmas tree.

Unlike artificial trees, live Christmas trees need a lot of love and care over the course of the holiday season, and the prep work starts once you make it back home. It helps to go ahead and choose a tree that is hydrated and in excellent condition so that you have the best chance at prolonging the survival once you put it in its tree stand.

THE festive season is fast approaching, but nothing marks the start of Christmas like a tree dressed with twinkling lights and ornaments. Real Christmas trees have started popping up at