I do recommend getting an electric fireplace if you can afford to do so
I had bought an electric fireplace. And while it looked really nice and was great to decorate during the holiday, the heating coming from the electric fireplace was a bit too much. I remember when I first put it on I nearly died because it made the living room way too hot. And this was with it being freezing cold outside! So I decided to just keep the electric fireplace for decoration in my living room and not use it as a source of heating. I am not sure if all electric fireplaces are like this. But the one I had bought was. So I used just my central heating system to get the heater going in my home. The electric fireplace is still a good investment and nice looking. For that alone it is worth the price. Especially at the holidays. It gives that nostalgic feel of an authentic fireplace like I had growing up and you can decorate it just the same. It just will not have santa coming down the chimney. I do recommend getting an electric fireplace if you can afford to do so. Just be prepared to maybe use it as decoration rather than a heating device for your living room. However you should try it out and see if the heating is too much as it was for me or not. It may be a combo of how my house is built or it may have been the brand of electric fireplace I had being too powerful for the smaller living room and home I have.