I thought a fake, pre-lit tree would be less work than a real one so bought this one yesterday and have spent an hour and a half or so putting it together this evening (and listening to Caledon's DVD and half watching it as I did the tree...) and "fluffing it up" as the man who sold it to me in English Gardens told me to do. I don't think we will be needing the lights on in the dining room as the tree is giving off so much light! hmm...... I just noticed on the photo that there is a stretch of tree with no light so must check the plugs on the lights - of which there are a huge number!
Hopefully tomorrow I will get round to putting the decorations on it!