Really love the size and width of this tree for my foyer area!  Yes, a couple of pine branches came out (as other reviews mentioned) when decorating it, but just have to be gentle with it - it's quite full looking.  You will need to buy string lights for it (I bought 49 ft cluster fairy lights for the 8' tree which worked fine).  The price was so good I snapped it up and I'm very happy with it!