Our Artificial Tree Journey: A King of Christmas Tale

This post contains affiliate links. Well, an affiliate link to King of Christmas anyway.

I have a confession: I am one of THOSE PEOPLE. I am a total Holiday-a-Holic. A “sneak out decor starting November 1st while eating Halloween candy” Mom. A “secretly loves the Elf on the Shelf” Mom. A “absolutely loves picking out the perfect wrapping paper” Mom.

The Lights. The Trains. The Cute Villages. The Cookies. The Cards.

I love it all.

But above all- I love Christmas Trees.

See our tree is important to me because it tells the story of our life together. Every single ornament captures a moment in time- the trunk of our first Christmas tree (Thanks, Dzen Christmas Tree Farm!), a seashell from our first family camping trip at Hammonasset Beach, a bell from the Essex North Pole Express, a handprint Santa from my baby’s first Christmas, the felt orca I bought off the coast of Northwestern Greenland, a few miles south of the North Pole. Our ornaments are mostly handmade or one of a kind and they are among my most prized possessions.

Anyway, all this to say that Christmas trees are some of my favorite things ever.

Up until recently, I insisted on a real tree every year. We’d go to our favorite farm, hike around with hot cocoa, pet some reindeer, and bring home a gorgeous tree. It was something I insisted on. One year, I even tried to have my family make T-Shirts that said “Team Real Tree”. (They refused).

Then I had three kids under 5 and realized that there was no way that we’d be able to keep up with a real tree. It made me ridiculously sad.

Then, like magic, an email appeared in my inbox. “Would you like a Christmas Tree? Join our program!”

And I did the exact opposite thing that I told my students NOT to do in our Internet Safety courses: I clicked the link.

It was King of Christmas, and I was hooked.

Another confession: I am deeply terrible at sales. I think it’s because I used to be a teacher, which is one of the only careers where you spend half of the money you make back on your classroom. I’ve tried to hide from affiliate programs. I have no interest in representing products that I do not believe in.

But this one got me.

So I filled out the forms and they agreed to send me a tree- a 6.5 foot Cyprus Spruce, with white and multicolored lights because we absolutely cannot decide which we like better in our house.

It arrived in a HUGE Box. It was almost as big as I was.

I opened it up, and found a some gloves (they went up to the elbow, which at first I thought excessive but then realized was actually very helpful).

We pulled it out one piece at a time and it literally snapped together in a few minutes. I did it while the kids played around me. I can’t even send emails while the kids play around me.

Then it was time to shape the tree- honestly, my husband took this over, but it’s only because I had to feed the baby, which is a task he cannot do.

Mind. Blown. It looks every bit as beautiful as the real thing- and was so easy to manage that I was able to get it up while soloing it with a Preschooler, a Toddler, and an Infant (I can’t even usually empty the dishwasher!)

Once it was up, we had a blast using the cute little remote to switch back and forth between white and multicolored lights. It was super fun to play with as we added ornaments and talked about memories. It was nice to have super realistic needles – it made me feel just like we were decorating a real tree!

All told, this is THE TREE. It’s incredible quality, and likely going to be the only tree we get. I cannot wait to make tons of memories with my kids.

Interested in one? Here’s our link if you’re so inclined: www.kingofchristmas.com/KIDTIVITYCOM