The Best Artificial Christmas Trees of 2024

The Balsam Hill Premium Pre-lit Artificial Christmas Tree is a beautiful choice for a traditional-style artificial tree. We tested the 6.5-foot size, but it comes in a range of options starting at 4.5-feet up to 9-feet tall. It comes with 700 energy-efficient candle-tipped clear LED lights that create a warm and cozy holiday glow.

The power cord is long, so you don't need to worry about digging up the extension cords. The PVC-made tree has a realistic look and feel, but we had to spend quite a bit of time fluffing it in order to capture the fullness similar to a real Christmas tree.

There is a lot to love about this tree, including the sturdy stand, gloves for fluffing, extra bulbs and fuses, and large storage bag to protect it when it's not in use. The tree is fairly heavy, like most in our guide, but it easily slides together in three easy parts, assembling in minutes.

This is a full-shaped tree that looks great in any living room during the holiday season, as long as you don't mind having clear-only lights.

Considering that this is an all-PVC tree, it ranks high on the realism scale, especially when it’s decorated and its 700 LED lights are lit. It looks great unlit, too, as the shade of green is genuine and the “brown twigs” are visible.

Compared to other artificial Christmas trees in our guide, National Tree Company’s close-up resemblance to real tree details is higher.

There are no cords to connect between tree sections; its lights come on instantly when the main plug is inserted into the wall socket.

If lights are your thing, the light system lets you change from warm white to multi-color with 10 different functions.

If you’re in the market for a white artificial Christmas tree, the National Tree Company Kingswood White Fir Pencil Tree is a decent choice for the money. The tree comes pre lit with warm white lights, which are hidden well within the branches of the tree thanks to the white cord.

The tree is taller and thinner than a traditional artificial tree, making it a great fit for covered patios and porches, or smaller rooms like offices and kid’s rooms. The slimmer size means it’s fairly lightweight, so it is easily movable around your home. The bendable branches are sturdy and strong, holding large ornaments well.

This tree requires ample fluff time, so be prepared to spend a while getting it ready for prime time. Be gentle while fluffing your tree, too, as we lost a branch during the process. On the upside, this tree doesn’t shed many needles.

One additional thing to know about this tree is that the power cord is much shorter than others we tested, requiring us to use an extension cord to plug it in nearby. But overall, if you’re looking to create an inviting wintery vibe inside of your home, a white artificial Christmas tree like this one offers a lot of value.

The first difference we noticed with this tree is its stand. It’s one of the only ones we tested that doesn’t require inserting a bolt to keep it from folding in on itself. Using a bolt isn’t difficult, but the chances of losing it over the years are pretty high.

This all PVC tree has a cluster of long pine cone needles on the branch tips, which is cool, but you don’t notice it unless you’re up close. What we notice more is that the 1,342-tips on this tree looks less full than the others, and it’s harder to hide its center pole with the fluffed branches.

Also, the top third of the tree is denser than the lower two thirds, making it look off-balance.

You can easily illuminate the tree’s 550 lights with a single plug, but be sure you read the assembly instructions first. We didn’t and overlooked that we needed to align the arrows on each pole section, so the first time around only the bottom third lit up.

The LED lights have eight functions, so if this variety is important to you, this reasonably priced tree is a good deal.

The Best Choice Products Pre-Lit Snow Flocked Artificial Pine Christmas Tree has snow-covered branches, covered in 550 warm white lights, which are soft to the touch, but require lots of effort.

This tree is a mess, flaking off fake snow the moment it comes out of the box and all throughout the fluffing process. Additionally, the tree requires ample fluffing—up to two hours of your time. We enlisted some special elves to help us fluff this tree faster, but it still took three of us almost an hour.

Be prepared for the tree to shed any time you touch it, including when hanging ornaments, so homes with curious pets and small children may want to steer clear of this option and check out our toppick, above. The branches are bendable but are fairly forgiving, so avoid hanging heavy ornaments on this tree.

If you prefer the glitz and glam of a white tree, The Holiday Aisle Extra Full Spruce is a full-sized tree in bright white. This tree certainly does not look realistic, which you probably expect when purchasing a white tree. Since the tree is listed as being extra full, we expected big bustling branches, but instead they were rather sparse. On the bottom two sections of the tree, the branches are only covered in needles halfway. To cover up those bare sections, you really have to fluff the branches.

It took me an hour to set up the tree and do an initial fluff, but I needed at least another hour to get the tree looking truly full.

Overall, this isn’t a terrible option for a white Christmas tree. But if you want a white Christmas tree that requires very little fluffing and a more realistic look, check out Balsam Hill's Denali White artificial Christmas tree.