While decorating a green fir tree (real or fake) with an array of mismatching baubles is pleasingly kitsch, the traditional Christmas tree commands a level of maximalism I don’t naturally reach towards — and one that can jar with the rest of my more minimal home. So while I will indeed be hauling a natural spruce into my living room at the start of December, you can rest assured I won’t be putting up more than one classic Christmas tree this year.
I also don’t want the festivities to end in the living room. That’s why I started looking at other faux trees on the market this festive season, and the easy breezy 6ft Maddox Christmas Tree from Garden Trading, made from paper, ticks all of my boxes.
