Lets just say I KNOW it won't come down becasue...GET THIS !!! When I put it up he was out hunting and when he came home he actually came in the livingroom sat down in a chair and started talking to me and never even seen the tree......4 feet from his face , all lit up and decorated!!!! I actually had to say...do you like the tree!!!!! He never even seen it....right in front of his face!!! LOL