I  went to vist my mother last year in Fla. and its just her and my dad now. and the cats,  al the kids are grown and gone,  but my mom still wanted to do Christmas  but is wheelchair bound and its very hard for her,.
My dad hung up some lights ( white) outside and had the Gardner  wrap the Palm trees in lights but when itcame to the inside my mom was stuck for a tree. she really wanted one but did not want the hassle of a live tree nor  a fake one, and  so on Christmas eve, she bought one of those Trees you see out in people yards that are like cone shaped , they just pop up and spiral down  with lights. took 2 mins to have it up , it looked beautiful  and so this now is their family tree. and its modern looking and  still brings Christmas into the house. I loved it. Now this year with this big dog I have and my youngest child now 14 I went to Lowes and bought me one.  .. Lowes has just put out all their  Christmas items .. lol can you believe that?  anyway. it will look lovely in my home as well. if  its just one person  or two and you dont wantto but all the trimmmings try  this. its really very cute