Artificial Christmas Tree

They don't seem to go on sale that much more. You just don't have a large selection to choose from. Sad to say, the best deals seam to be before Christmas when Michaels offers the 40 or 50% off newspaper coupon.
Good Luck, L.

I just did some research on this myself. here is what I found . . . the trees that were the most realistic looking were a combination of PE/PVC. PVC being the plastic material trees have always been made of and PE used to make molded outer stems that have a much more realistic look. The trees have the PE branches on the outside and the PVC on the inner branches to fill it out.
Of the PE/PVC trees the ones that got a lot of positive press online were the GE "just cut" trees. I saw a few of these at Lowes(they didn't have a
> big selection) and then a ton of them at Garden Ridge. After seeing them at Lowes I thought I didn't like them but when I saw the same trees at Garden Ridge I thought they were adequately realistic. I think the difference was at Lowes they are displayed on a high shelf above your head so to view them you are looking up at them into the lights . . .
they seemed sparce but I guess all artificial trees would in that circumstance. At Garden Ridge they looked much more realistic.
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At Garden Ridge they had multiple heights (e.g. 7 1/2 ft, 9 ft, etc) and widths (e.g. slim, regular, jumbo). I went with the 7 1/2 ft Jumbo Frasier Fir. I don't think it looks particularly fat - more like a normal tree width to me. It was on sale for $299.

I also liked the Carolina Pine at Hobby Lobby, also PE/PVC. It would have been $250 with my 40% off coupon.

We got an amazing deal at Bonnie and Clyde's. It's a pool place in NRH. I have seen other pool companies have a large Christmas tree selection too. It was half off after Christmas, and was pre-lit as well. It's beautiful!

Good Luck!

We got ours at http://www.balsamhill.net/bal3/?utm_source=google&utm...
and absolutely love it....very good quality and they ship right to your door.
K.

I got our tree and a pre-lit wreath at treeclassics.com and I love both of them. They are a little pricey but I waited until the summer and got the tree for 1/2 price.

we bought ours at Home depot and it is an "easy tree" goes up in less than 5 minutes. It has the two different styles of branching on it, pre-lit with remote and looks great when it is up. It was a $229 tree we got for $79.99 the weekend after thanksgiving (Saturday). I think both Lowes and Home Depot have put their Christmas stuff on sale this week so I would head there before Christmas because you can get a deal now and not fight the after Christmas chaos! good luck!

I just wanted to add that last year I bought a floor model tree at Garden Ridge in LATE JANUARY. I paid 90% OFF. HUGE SCORE. It didn't have the box anymore but for the price I paid I could buy a new box!

I've bought two of my pre-lit trees from Lowe's and my parents have too. Last year we got an unbelievable deal on a pre-lit 9'-foot tree from Lowe's the week before Christmas. So, you might start checking this week. Merry Christmas! L.

I got a beautiful 13' from Sam's the day after Christmas two years ago for half price. Normally $350, I paid $175. I used to sell semi-custom homes and decided to use it in the model home a couple of years ago - we got a MILLION compliments on the tree.