The Vermont White Spruce artificial Christmas tree is the best fake you can buy, and that's not just our opinion. Last month, we rented a studio, secured 10 of the most popular artificial Christmas trees on the market, got 10 volunteers together to put the trees together and fluff them, then invited three interior designers to blind-judge them.

The Vermont White Spruce won the competition , getting very close to a perfect score. This is the best fake Christmas tree you can buy, based on the most thorough test we've seen. However, like other Balsam Hill trees , it's not cheap. The list price is $1,700, though it's normally listed as on sale for a few hundred bucks. Right now it's priced at $999, which is the cheapest we've seen it this year.

It's not the only sale: Balsam Hill's other

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