The tree was absolutely beautiful. My girls loved the color and it was just what I wanted. The snow does come off a little as your setting up the tree but that is to be expected. The lights never got warm or hot to the touch and looked great in contrast with the tree. The only negative was that when I unboxed the tree, parts of the tree had already started browning. I was able to hide this area by placing this side of the tree away from view but was sad to see that this had already started. I knew from experience that lighter colored trees do start to brown after storage but thought I would have a few years before it would do this not come out of the box this way.