I bought these to replace a 10 year old set of 3 trees that I had.  The lights were not working and some of the branches were broken on my old set.  I was very disappointed when I opened the box and took them out.  1 branch on the smallest tree was broken.  The hole in the trunk was not large enough to put the branch back in.  The holes on the tops of the trunks  are not very deep or wide and trying to fit the tree tops in was a challenge.  I fluffed the branches and set them together and then decorated them.  Decorated, they look much better and are very pretty.   I just am not sure that they will last very long.  I'm afraid that every year some more of the branches are going to break off.