You can get good sears on nonstick. We've done it for years.
Nonstick is easier to use and clean, but you'll have to buy a new one every year or two, depending on how hard you are on them. Cast iron is practically indestructible in that you can almost always bring it back to usable condition; but keeping it usable takes more care. There's also carbon steel if cast iron is too heavy for you.
I'm lucky enough to have a yard, so years ago I planted a dwarf spruce to be our living Christmas tree. We string it up with solar lights for the holidays.