The garland is beautiful and full! I love the natural pine cones! It is pre-lit but has to be plugged in so you need to make sure it is near an outlet. It has lots of lights and glows great at night. My fireplace mantel is about 6' long but I think this would fit an 8' with no overhang. The one drawback is that it has glitter and with anything glittery it falls off and can be messy (not a problem once it is placed since you won't be moving it around). A plus, it came packaged in a great box that will double as a storage container.

This 9 foot garland is beautiful and very well made. It's full sturdy and looks more expensive than it is. There is no fluffing needed or at least I didn't do that and it laid nicely on my fireplace mantel. The soft lights were perfect - not overly bright or dim. The only draw backs are that the garland has a lot of glitter and was messy setting it up and putting it away. And it is a large piece so storing it can be cumbersome. It does come in a nice storage box though.

It's never to early to start getting ready for Christmas and this year I'm adding a new garland to my decorations. This beautiful 9 foot Christmas garland is full and packed with decorative appeal. The garland contains flowers, magnolia leaves and round Christmas ornaments that take a a plain green garland up a notch. The garland comes in its own lidded storage box so it is easy to put away and store for next year. Once out of the box you will need to spend a little time fluffing out the branches and decorations I to an impressive garland display. I do wish this garland had not come with glitter. Glued on sparkles would have been a better choice and my home would not have been covered in hard to clean up glitter. Since this garland is pre-lit with one hundred twinkle lights that make it glow spectacularly, it makes up for all that glitter. I'm sure I will get many years of use out of this garland.