No I can see how dragging a real tree in and out of an apartment would be tricking particularly in knee high snow! Hubby went to get this one for us and he made a good choice bless him. All of my Christmas decks are old old old, built up over 37 years together, sometimes I look at these designer type trees all the decks and tinsel in two colours but my kids expect to see all their familiar stuff on the tree....plus candy canes and chocs of course!....but you can come over and sniff away any year you like Mare! xx