I promised myself that never in my life would I not have a real tree for Christmas. The memories of going up into the mountains in Colorado to cut our own tree down are some of my most fond ones. However, I hate putting lights on trees and the lure of a prelite tree that didn't need to be watered was too great. Last year our tree was dried up and brown 3 weeks before Christmas. Anyway the boys were a huge help as you can see in getting the tree up and decorated.