Does anyone still put tinsel on their Christmas trees?

[mickeysgal]

Do you mean the kind that you sort of "throw" on or the kind that you wrap around the tree?

I believe the OP is talking about the single strand stuff "throw on". Garland is the stuff you wrap and drape around the tree.

We use garland and beads to decorate. Tinsel, although pretty, is a bear to get off an artificial tree.

 

[pumba]

at first we stopped using it because we had flying birds and we didn't want them to get caught up in any.

then we stopped altogether because our doggies liked to nibble......scared that they would get it caught up in their intestines......same with little kitty cats

 

[Pooh67_68]

Used it in the past, but not anymore.

 

[Snoopymom]

One of my favorite sentimental topics

got married, used white lights, coordinated bows and ornaments, etc., thought tinsel was tacky.

many years later we were trying to conceive and thinking about adoption, so I decided that if we were going to have a child in our home someday, we should have a tree that had that magical childlike feel to it like we had when I was little

got the old fashion big bright bulbs, candycanes and tinsel and put this angel on the tree that dh got me that was a little guady with her pink and lace dress that lighted up, but I didn't care. I knew it was exactly how a child would expect a christmas angel to look like.

after the tree was up, my mom called me and said while shopping, she ran into her old neighbor and "you've got to meet with her, she has 3 adopted kids and 2 foster children!" We made arrangements and one of her little girls looked exactly like my angel! When I put the Christmas decorations away that year, I was completely at peace because I knew in my heart that next year I would be a mom, and I was.

with the neighbor's help we signed up for the parenting classes, got licensed and ds came home that spring.

We are celbrating our 4th Christmas together with tons of tacky tinsel, bright colored lights and one beautiful guardian angel.

Thanks for letting me share. I tried to capture it...

 

[lisajl]

Don't use it now...we have cats. I don't want a large vet bill from cats eating the tinsel and then not being able to pass it.

No tinsel here.