Love this... the fullness and quality of the tree are perfect.  Pine cones are real; the berries are great, and it has 450 lights on the 5-foot tree.  Ease of the "in-trunk" lighting so you don't have a mess of cords to deal with is the best part of all. I plugged it in just to make sure all the lights were working, as well as the remote that changes the lights from clear to multi-colored, with 9 different settings (I did have to twist the top section a bit to get the connection, but all lit up just fine.) Then back into the box for a couple of weeks....til Thanksgiving.  (This will be the first time I put a tree up that early, just because it's so very simple!)  Happy Holidays!