Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Take a big breath as you open the box and think "Are you kidding me?" An overwhelming number of reviews say this is a surprisingly lifelike tree and they love the purchase. I could not agree more; however, when you open the box you would swear a couple of ferrets got tangled in a mass of green plastic tinsel, were shoved in a box to fight it out and ultimately shipped to your door. Relax. Pull the two tangled and verdant masses out of the box and set aside about 30 minutes to engage in what a previous post coined as "fluffing" the tree. Don't get discouraged initially because it really feels like an ongepotchket; just keep fluffing! After 30 minutes of allowing your holiday muse bend and arrange the branches you will be amazed at the finished product. From a foot away... it looks a little plastic. From five feet away you can easily be fooled. With lights and decorations affixed and from fifteen feet away, you would swear it is a nicely shaped real tree. And, you will wonder where the ferrets went. My mother in law -- "The Skeptic" -- ordered one as soon as the lights came on.