‘An extravagantly illuminated beast’: the best artificial Christmas trees in the UK – tested

Pick wisely, and your fake fir could be reused for decades of Decembers. From pre-lit to frosted to space-saving, here are our festive favourites• The best beauty Advent calendars In the 70s and 80s Essex of my youth, no one had a real Christmas tree unless they lived in the country, or perhaps Loughton. Our family’s skinny artificial tree is…