Arrived 12.1.22 -- I love this tree in spite of the fact that it is cheapy cheapy.  It is a plastic tube wrapped with birch pattern plastic tape.  And yet, it is very sweet looking.  The packaging could be improved by not folding down wires that do not need to be folded for shipping.  The box was pretty beat up but the product is fine.  The stiffer branches are not easy to fold out but the thinner section are.  I'd pay a few more bucks if they'd add an on/off switch but that is one more thing to break!