This is a beautiful tree. It was a little bit older, but still in very good condition. The box has some major flaws with it. There are some tears and discoloration to the box itself. I would recommend getting a new Christmas tree bag to hold this. These can be found a Christmas tree shop and I believe even Walmart. I took pictures with the lights functioning. The tree is very easy to take apart and put together. Sadly, it is fairly heavy and a large box.