I looked for the entire month of November trying to find the perfect tree. I did not want a skinny tree anymore. With having 3 children, I wanted a realistic, full, tall tree. I am so happy with this purchase. It takes a lot of fluffing. When we were almost finished with spreading all of the branches, I discovered that there is an extra part on each branch that you can extend out. WOW! This made ALL of the difference. I was at first worried. My husband and I were like dang this has a lot of hole still. After we went back through and separated the branches from each other it made it look as good as it does in the pictures. I also love the two different types of tips that is has. This adds to the realistic look. I love that I can add my own lights to the tree too. We purchased the size up from mini lights and this tree can handle the bigger looking lights. We are so very happy with the purchase.