Thanks for the edification. Personally I have always bought the biggest tree I could. In my current home, I walked in the door and immediately said I wanted this house as I could have as tall a tree as I wanted. This has been our 3rd Christmas and our trees are 10 to 12 feet tall. I turn off the lamps and sit and look at my tree. For any other time of the year, I am a rather conservative decorator. Come Christmas I now decorate more than I ever did. I have been decluttering and minimalizing my home for the last year or so but come Christmas the best I can do is one in and then one out (mostly)!