At first glance of the box it came in was thinking oh no this isnt going to be good! Glitter was all over the outside of  the box. The box  was so small so I assumed the  tree must be whimpy like others Ive sent back. But I already sold my old tree so I attempted to be glitter bombed by opening it up. Well the glitter fell and I vacuumed it all away. Then fluffed this tree up and was so surprised how true to its reviews and pics it was!!! Its really not 6ft tall but it is a beautiful tree and exactly what I was looking for! The tree is about 5ft with the branch at the top fully upright. So the stand is the other 12.