From pre-lit options featuring thousands of twinkling LED lights ... a real-world perspective from senior editor Jen Trolio, who’s using her Balsam Hill tree for the third consecutive Christmas.

After fluffing up your artificial Christmas tree, you can decorate it the same way you would a real tree. Many fake trees come pre-strung with lights, so you won’t need to put them on by hand.

Its steel frame stands an impressive 67 feet tall, adorned with 25,000 LED lights and lush ... “It makes me real happy and excited and joyful.” Singing Christmas Tree history and its journey ...

Altadena’s 104-year holiday lighting tradition known as Christmas Tree Lane escaped ... Rosa Avenue — the real name of the street — appear unscathed. • The lights are usually taken down ...