answer:Are you referring to a potted, live tree that you will re-plant in the spring, or do you mean cutting a tree to move inside? If you mean the latter, I have found that those pre-cut trees were cut a long time ago, and last a very short time (a week or two) indoors before it is a dry fire hazard with needles flying everywhere. We tag our tree at a local tree farm and cut it down usually a couple of weeks prior to xmas. A fresh cut tree doesn’t lose many needles at all, has a great odor, and doesn’t dry out for long time (we had one indoors for a month).