What colour garland do you put on your tree

[Mizzoufan]

. We are icicles people so no garland for us

 

[E&Cmom]

No garland. I use ribbon usually red and gold but I am thinking plaid this year.

I have icicles as well.

 

[blana]

Gold. We used to use silver, but I never really liked it, so when we replaced it last year, Igotgold.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

When DH and I first married 26 years ago, we bought a roll of beautiful burgundy velvet like ribbon with gold edging. DH about flipped at what it cost way back then, but we've used it every single Christmas. We spiral it around the tree starting at the top and working our way down. It looks so pretty!

 

[OnceUponATime15]

The last 3 years I've used decor mesh in place of garland - 18 inch wide, swagged thru the tree. All red in 2013, red & white candy cane striped in 2014, White with green & red fine stripes last year...

This year - black & white buffalo check 3 inch wide flannel wire edge ribbon in cascades instead of garland

 

[Wendy31]

I'm not a fan of tinsel or most garland.

Our living room tree has a beach theme w/ white lights & blue & white, gold, natural wood, & seashell ornaments. To go w/ the theme & colors, I use gold & burlap ribbons. I also use natural raffia & just kind of toss it around the tree. LOL!

Our kitchen tree has a gingerbread & candy theme w/ white lights. I use green plaid & candy cane ribbons on it.

Our family tree has multi-colored lights & is a mishmash of all our ornaments (no particular theme). I use red ribbon. We also string cranberries and popcorn. However, for this year, I'd like to find some reindeer ribbon or maybe some pompom garland.

 

[Disneylover99]

I have been using garland for so long, it never occurred to me to not use it.
Maybe it's time for a Christmas tree makeover.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I was tinsel-raised, married to a garland-raised man. So our trees had tinsel. Then one year we didn't get around to putting tinsel on the tree, and voila! We liked it better.

Last year I had foot surgery two days before Thanksgiving, and my husband bought our tree without me, put the lights on it, and...that's how it stayed. No ornaments and I kind of liked it! I can't help feeling that a tree must have ornaments though, and I've got plenty of them, so I'll put them on this year, but after weeding out ones I really don't like.

 

[jdb in AZ]

I used to string popcorn and cranberries into a garland, back in the day. It was a lot of bother, but it was really cute, til the cranberries started to shrivel up. Now we have so many ornaments there's no room for a garland. I keep "thinning them out" and giving them to DD, but we still end up with a few new ornaments each year. We have a whole tree crammed full of Disney ornaments, and another tree with non-Disney.

 

[ronandannette]

No garland. There should have been a poll.

 

[wenrob]

I haven't used traditional garland in years. I like to change things up every couple of years. The first year without garland was white beads and red bows. A few years after that Christmas plaid ribbon spiraled down the tree with red wooden beads. Next was cream ribbon and the wooden beads. After that burlap ribbon with moose and pine cones, the wooden beads and white tin stars. Last year I switched to paper rings (cost me a pretty penny on eBay and this year I see kits all over the place) and faux popcorn strings.

For years I would do a second, small Precious Moments tree with white beads and pearly tinsel. Haven't done that one since my younger kids came along.

 

[minniecarousel]

I've been using white pearl garland for years now. I used a candy-looking garland when the kids were little. We always used tinsel when I was a kid. I hate that stuff!

 

[elphaba91]

We don't have anything except multi-coloured lights and lots & lots of ornaments!

 

[mamamary]

We don't use garland. I've used ribbon a few years but I just can't get it to look quite right. I will need to look online maybe for some tips. Growing up my mom always used gold garland.

 

[adisneyaunt]

No garland, no tinsel either. Each "themed" tree gets its own coordinated trim lol
The candy tree gets cranberries n popcorn, winter wonderland gets branches n cotton,,, the "fairy" tree gets pixie dust of course... The list goes on lol. Tree addicted lol. Though this year, I just may do only 3.

 

[jacki123]

I use tinsel that is metal. They look so victorian, I just love them.

 

[DaisyD]

I use red shiny beads as my garland. I miss tinsel! We grew up in the age of tinsel and I love how the tackiness shines on a tree! We have cats so cannot use it but if I could I would!

 

[AppleDumpling]

I was tinsel-raised, married to a garland-raised man. So our trees had tinsel.

LOL, this is me too. Although we compromised and changed it up over time. We did silver garland in the beginning when we had an artificial tree, then started getting real trees and switched to tinsel. IMO, tinsel, applied lightly and not overdone (no clumps), looks beautiful, but it is a pain on a fake tree because it's hard to remove (and you need fresh tinsel every year.)

We have cats so cannot use it but if I could I would!

This is me currently as well. Our cat would eat tinsel and get very sick. (Learned by experience.) So no garland or tinsel anymore, just ornaments and lots of lights.

 

[Minnesota!]

No garland...I don't like the looks of it. We do lights and ornaments.

 

[MSLRAC]

We have M&M's garland that is the colors of a pack of M&M's minus the brown.