Faux 8' Areca Palm Tree. Costco. $299.99 (was $399.99) Buy Now “Beautiful. Very well made and realistic,” one reviewer wrote. Another person added, “It was very easy to assemble.

The juçara tree, native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, was nearly harvested to extinction for its palm hearts. Now, a local startup is helping farmers sell the tree’s berries instead ...

The artificial tree market generates about $1.2 billion in annual sales, ... Santa Baby, slip a sable under the faux tree for me. High-end fakes have taken over Christmas.

History of the Faux Tree. Love them or not, today's artificial Christmas trees don't have the uniform - and unrealistic - appearance of their forbears a generation ago.