Red Squirrel
No Lifer
If I had to go back to using a cut tree, this is about the only stand currently in production I'd get:
http://www.yardbutlerstore.com/product/heavy-duty-metal-christmas-tree-stand/
There used to be a very nice stand built in CenCal that was the sturdiest thing I've ever had...but after a lengthy battle with Home Depot for stealing the design, (they won...then lost in appeal) they stopped production.
"Heavy Duty Metal Christmas"
That sounds like the name for an epic Christmas album. Guitars were broken in the recording of that.