This is a beautiful tree and I would rate it 5 stars except for the lights. I agree with some of the other customers - getting the lights connected correctly was a challenge. They were not connected correctly/as shown in the instructions. I had to disconnect and reconnect by trial and error, and had to use a connection labeled "do not connect to another string" to get all sections to work. I also like that these are true LED lights - the individual lights change color, there are not different strings of white and colored lights. The light effects are nice - I like the fading from bright colors to pastels and finally to white.