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Christmas Trees
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An artificial tree is bought once and used for a decade, so the two things worth getting right are the width and the lighting. Both trees here stand 210cm tall and arrive pre-lit, which removes the annual job of threading lights through branches that fight back.
The Green Forest Fir is the full shape at 140cm across with 400 LEDs. The Slim Snowy Woodland is 91cm across with 200 LEDs, for a room where a traditional tree would block a doorway or a walkway. Both are £230 to £299.
Slim Snowy Woodland Pre-Lit 200 Led Christmas Tree | Kaiku
From £233
Green Forest Fir Pre-Lit 400L Led Christmas Tree | Kaiku
From £317
How to choose
Height second, width first. A 210cm tree needs about 30cm of clearance above it for a topper and the ceiling, so it suits a room with a 2.4m ceiling. But the dimension that decides whether it works is the spread — 140cm of floor is a lot in a bay window.
Slim trees are not compromises. At 91cm across, the Snowy Woodland gives the same height and presence in a hallway, a landing or beside a sofa where a full fir would be walked into daily.
Pre-lit is worth paying for. It is a job that takes forty minutes a year and looks worse than a factory job every time, and the lights on a pre-lit tree are spaced through the interior rather than wound round the outside — which is what gives depth rather than a lit outline.
Plan the socket before you plan the corner. A pre-lit tree needs mains power at the base, and a cable run across a doorway is the single most common reason a tree ends up somewhere nobody wanted it.
Common questions
- How tall a tree fits a normal room?
- 210cm suits a standard 2.4m ceiling, leaving room for a topper and a little air above it. Measure to the ceiling rather than guessing — a tree that touches it looks squeezed rather than generous.
- Full or slim tree?
- It depends on floor space, not on taste. The full fir spreads 140cm and needs a corner or a wide window; the slim tree is 91cm across and works in a hallway or next to seating without being brushed past.
- Is a pre-lit tree better than adding your own lights?
- Yes, for two reasons: it saves the annual job, and the lights sit deep in the branches rather than wound round the outside, which gives depth instead of a lit outline.
- How should I store an artificial tree?
- Dry and loosely — compressing branches for eleven months in a damp garage is what makes a tree look tired in year three. A breathable bag in a dry cupboard or loft is ideal.