Tinsel: Not the done thing?

[NotFromConcentrate]

I was buying some new tree decorations yesterday (because I am the DCs are very excited about putting the tree up on Saturday

Anyway... from what I've seen no-one puts tinsel on their tree anymore. I've always done tinsel, am I embarassingly retro and dated?

[gillybean2]

yup, but that's what Christmas is about! So go for it

[1234ThumbScrew]

Yes. You either embrace it or reject it.

[NotFromConcentrate]

How can I ever show my face in public again?

Oh dear. Now I face a dilemma: Be shamelessly tat-tastic or do a test run without the tinsel and see if it leaves me feeling empty and cold inside...

[CherryTheRedNosedMonster]

i always put tinsel on my tree, and round all the pic frames, doors and well, everything.

[BelleDeChocChipCookieMonster]

I drape it across the pictures in the living room.

[biglips]

i looovvvveee tinsels as it reminded me when i was a little girl putting it on the tree and on the wall mirror and still do now

[celebmum]

no tinsel on the tree?

what do you put on it instead????

[ItsJustMyOpinion]

Put tinsel on the tree, we do. Its traditional isn't it??

[Dillie]

Tinsel on the tree is a must ... dunno what else would hide the wire of the lights :)

[biglips]

ive got tinsels and beads plus decors on my tree

[taffetazatyousantaclaus]

Tinsel adds a depth to the tree that nothing else does. I use thinnish silver tinsel, wrapped around the inner branches and trunk, nothing matches its sparkliness. Lametta is lame, and besides which the cat would choke on it. Not keen on beads. But each to their own and all that. If you like it, sod everyone else, use it.

[NotFromConcentrate]

Phew, thanks you lot

I too have great memories of draping it over, well, everything really!