We decided to take the one weekend day we had free and tackle putting up the tree. Overall, a painless experience. It helps that we are up, dressed and ready to head out the door at 8am these days....to be at the stores right as they open and beat the crowds. We managed to hit up three stores, pick up our tree and be back home by 930am! The tree is great and Neela was very excited to assist with the decorating this year. 