glass42:
Christmas tree technology is WAY better than it was even just 3 or 4 years ago. I know that statement sounds kind of pathetic but I order the Christmas lights and greenery for my store so I kind of get into it. For $300 (goes on sale for $200), you can get a very nice full looking 7 1/2 foot tree that needs no fluffing and has all the electrical connections in the trunk. They literally take longer for me to get them out of the box than it does to put them together. For the floor display models I used to spend about 30 minutes fluffing and bending and swearing and getting scratched up per tree. The first time I put up one of the new "easy set" trees, I went from unopened box to done in 10 minutes. Once you get all the ornaments and decorative crap off, they fold up just as quick.