I downsized the tree last year. Donated my 7 foot one and now have a cute pre-lit 4 footer that sits on a telephone chair with the nativity scene on the side where the phone would sit. The big one was 40 yrs old, and too much work for me now. My house would feel wrong without at least a small tree. I even had a miniture one with me when I served in the Air Force for 3 years. Nativity scene was rubber, so it all packed up very nicely in a duffle bag.