Who doesn’t remember the sweet smell of blue spruce or Douglas fir throughout your home during the Christmas season?  Even just twenty years ago it was rare to see a fake Christmas tree in a home, unless someone had an allergy to real trees.  These days’ things are a lot different.  While some families still indulge in the finding and cutting of their own real pine, most families have opted for the more convenient choice of artificial Christmas trees.  It may seem that this change in the most treasured Christmas decoration would lessen the holiday spirit for many, but in fact new artificial trees are filled with Christmas joy.  They come in so many different styles, colors, and sizes it is hard to know where to begin! 

Many Styles Prelit and Ready for Your Home

If you find that you are more of a traditional person and family there are a lot of artificial trees to take care of that need.  These ordinary Christmas trees usually take on the look of the blue spruce, which has that classic Christmas shape that people know and love.  They are usually found in dark green and are made of a metal post and then wired branches that are easy to mold into your preferred direction and shape.  The trees are easy to put together and can have you decorating in less than a half an hour.  It is typical that these trees will come in four common styles, full, narrow and tall, very slim, or flat backed.  They also come in several heights to suit your home.  The heights range from four feet to twenty-five feet in some cases.  The full trees are the ones you are used to seeing, while the narrow and slim trees are for those households that may not have as much room, and need a smaller tree to accommodate their space.  The flat back trees are truly ingenious and are a terrific space saver.  No matter where you put your tree during the holidays the flat back tree will fit.  These trees are rounded in the front, but you guessed it, the backs are flat, which makes it easy to put them flush with your wall, giving you more room.

Space saving trees are a wonderful creation but if you are looking for something even more practical and smaller, look no further than the artificial tabletop trees.  These trees are one and a half feet to three to four feet in size.  You can find tabletop trees that are made of the same material as the larger trees, but for the most part these trees are made of aluminum or covered wire.  The wire is usually colored gold, silver, or green and sparkles at all times.  These small trees also come prelit in some cases.  Speaking of prelit artficial trees, just about every tree listed above can be found in a prelit variety.  Each branch is covered in already attached lights, and once the tree is assembled you can simply plug it in.  This cuts down on the hassle of stringing the lights yourself, risking tangles and spacing issues.  Not only do they come in regular small and large Christmas lights, they also have LED lights available.  Since the world is becoming more environmentally conscious the LED lights are a perfect solution for saving energy during the holidays.

Unique Christmas: Bright Colors and the Shimmer of Tinsel

Maybe you are sick of the same old thing and you are looking forward to starting some new traditions this holiday season?  If this is the case there are a lot of great and unique artificial trees available.  If you are looking to add a bit more color to your Christmas look no further than colored trees.  In order to get the perfect color you may have to do a bit of smart shopping, but rest assured the colors are out there.  There is the always-classic white Christmas tree, which gives off a serene and winter like feel.  There are also gold and silver trees, which are also very elegant.  If you are however more interested in spicing things up a bit there are plenty of wild colors to choose from!  You can choose to keep with the Christmas spirit and get a red or bright green tree.  Imagine a beautiful red tree trimmed with green and gold garland and ornaments.  Sometimes these colorful trees will come prelit with clear lights, but you can feel free to add any colored lights you want.  Aside from a striped or polka dotted tree there does not seem to be any color that isn’t available.  Consider a pink tree or a blue tree, or maybe even black.  These colored trees may seem a bit over the top but they give a great opportunity to theme your tree in many different ways.

Most of the time these trees are made of tinsel or aluminum, which gives them a sparkling look.  If you are looking for something smaller yet unconventional, you can choose a potted topiary Christmas tree.  These small fake trees resemble sculpted bushes you might see in a garden or someone’s yard.  They look great displayed in a dining room or kitchen because of their clean look with clear lights.  Lastly there is a tree that is the ultimate in space saving and unique style.  This tree is the upside down Christmas tree.  These trees are in fact upside down and flat on one side.  They hang on the wall in the corner of the room.  This design brings the tree up off the floor, and makes more room for presents underneath because of the upside down design.  It may be a bit too much for some, but for others it is the practical choice they’ve been waiting for.

Now that you’ve seen that your options for getting an artificial tree are just about endless, losing that rich pine scent around the holidays might not seem so bad.  You can find these trees and other great holiday decor when you look for Christmas decorations online.  Just like with any other product there are different levels of quality within the artificial trees, so make sure you are getting exactly what you want.  With a little creativity and Christmas spirit your artificial tree will look like it is beaming with life in no time!