Tinsel or baubles first?

[ChampagneTastes]

This question has nearly ended my marriage today. Personally I think it's completely obvious. So AIBU to say OF COURSE you put the tinsel on first. Otherwise it obscures the baubles. Silly man.

[TheReluctantCountess]

Lights then tinsel then baubles.

[formerbabe]

I say no tinsel at all!

[NoSundayWorkingPlease]

Lights, tinsel, baubles go last.

He is bvu.

[SoMuchForSubtlety]

Obviously tinsel first. It goes in between the branches near the trunk to make the tree sparkly.

[RubyRuby007]

Tinsel!

[Micksy]

Lights tinsel baubles. Yanbu.

[simbacatlivesagain]

tinsel-never

[LineRunner]

Obvs tinsel first if you use it.

[DoJo]

I agree with TRC - lights first (because they need to be plugged in so have to be arranged to accommodate that), then tinsel (because otherwise you'll have to weave it in between other decorations, then a stiff drink, then whatever you can still find after you have drunk too much decorating the tree...

[HicDraconis]

Lights -> tinsel -> baubles -> lametta.
We're not having a tree this year :(

[DoJo]

(although the smell of tinsel is one of the things I dislike most about Christmas, but it is tradition innit?!)

[ChampagneTastes]

Yes, sorry. Obviously lights go on first but THEN tinsel, then baubles. (You people with no tinsel - where's your Christmas spirit? A Christmas without sparkly tat is no Christmas at all).

[uggmum]

I decorated my tree today. Lights, tinsel and then baubles.
I managed to get 11 pieces of tinsel on my tree. You can barely see any green!

[HolgerDanske]

No, of course YANBU!!

Leaving aside debate as to whether or not one should actually use tinsel, there is only one logical way to do it: 1. Lights 2. Tinsel or garlands 3. Baubles.

[FrancesNiadova]

Lights, tinsel, baubles....erm....LTB?

Or
Lights, tinsel, ribbon, (but LTR doesn't have the same ring to it!)

[Trickydecision]

No, YABU, first the lights, then all the decs go on, then the tinsel. If you put the tinsel on first, it will mask twigs in which a bauble would look good. Not that we have any tinsel on ours as I am not keen on it, too reminiscent of my childhood.

[Discopanda]

Lights, tinsel, bauble, fairy.

[MakeMeWarmThisWinter]

Lol at LTB being Lights Tinsel Baubles!

[BoysiesBack]

Lights, tinsel, baubles.

Your DH doesn't know what he's doing.

[ChampagneTastes]

There is an AWFUL lot of grumbling coming from the other end of the sofa. Along the lines of "well mumsnet can come round and decorate the fucking tree then".

This means that I win.

[HolgerDanske]

Ahahaha the never-ending wisdom of MN - LTB

[alpacasosoft]

Tinsel- nope never ever have put tinsel on a Christmas tree the cats would scoff it

[ChampagneTastes]

Tricky but hang on, surely you push the tinsel in so that it's not masking anything? (Are you my husband?)

[Trills]

Lights first

Tinsel to cover the light "string" but not to cover the lights

Baubles last

[AlpacaYourThings]

Lights then baubles.

Tinsel goes in the bin, where it belongs.