16 Artificial Christmas Trees That Are Even Better Than the Real Thing

When it comes time to get a Christmas tree, you're faced with the eternal question: do you go real or artificial? As someone who grew up making a family expedition to a Christmas tree farm every year to *cut down* our own tree, I can tell you that yes, the real deal is pretty great and yes, fresh-cut trees smell delicious. But to be honest, now that I'm on my own and doing the whole adulting thing, I'm Team Artificial all the way. Of course, I annually have to deal with annoying people who insist on spreading the gospel of "OMG fake trees just aren't the same!!" Look, you do you, sis, but I'm gonna be over here happily not vacuuming pine needles every day or worrying that I’m going to accidentally set my apartment on fire.

There are loads of reasons why you might want a fake tree. One of my personal faves is that you can get your faux shrubbery in pretty much any shape, size, or color you want. Always fancied yourself a snow-covered-tree kind of gal? You can make that happen even if you live in L.A. Do you secretly want to take a page from Khloé Kardashian’s book and go for a hot pink Christmas look this year? Let me help you.

Seriously, the trickiest part of looking through this list of artificial Christmas trees is gonna be resisting buying more than one. If two (or three or four) end up in your cart, I'm certainly not going to judge. And if you need help with your tree decorations, I gotchu on that, as well.