O, Yes!!! That is exactly how our OLD tree looked after the Clan did their number on it!!! We have a new tree this year, it is 6 feet tall, the first 3 feet are wood(the trunk), then the next 3 feet are the branches!!! None of the cat can sleep in the branches or knock off the ornaments!!! We are not meanies, the cats have a new Nativity that is " soft," that they can bat around and not break it!!!!