Tinsel on tree, yes or no ?

[LardLizard]

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No - it's naff.

Definitely but only wrapped all the way up the centre of the tree so it fills it out and reflects the lights.

Cannot beat a bit of the sparkly stuff.

Yes! I think that matchy matchy grownup trees are much less appealing than the gaudy types 😊

Definitely no coloured lights though, that's a step too far even for me...

I like it and have always done it, dil thinks I'm mad and she can't stand it on her tree.
Each to their own.

Good quality, gold and soft white lights which DON'T flash. Lovely light reflecting effect. Plus baubles and other decorations purchased over many years.
Not in November though mine goes up a max of 2 weeks prior to the big day.

We do but it’s partly to fatten it up. Poor fake tree is about 15 years old and shedding its load. We can part with it though !

Yes for us but only silver. Though I always perfectly align everything then DH moves it.

Yeah, go on, fuck a whole load of tinsel at the tree and go nuts.
You must always smell the tinsel too! Tinsel Smell is the smell of Christmas..... you can stick all your cinamon sticks and festive shite..... get your hooter in the tinsel and have a good whiff!
I love tinsel.
(Disclaimer....I haven't bothered with christmas decorations in years. I just go to Homebase and surreptitiously sniff their tinsel when the staff aren't looking)

I'm going sans tinsel this year.

I have purchased 'picks' in pale gold to poke into the tree instead.

If it looks crap, the tinsel will come back out....

Not for me personally, just taste, but if you like it then go for it!

Yes, the more the merrier and as many colours as possible. I like my tree so there at more decorations and tinsel than actual tree in display

Nope, I have feather boas and chains made of ribbons.

The dc are allowed tinsel on their tree (if they insist!)

I don't but I have a lot of lights and decorations.

I like the look of it but the smell of tinsel gives me the boak i actually gag walking past it, i dunno why.

Tinsel, absolutely yes.
Lametta on the other hand...

I don't like the chunky tinsel you get these days but I have a soft spot for 1950s-1980s tinsel. If I tell myself it's vintage maybe it will seem more hipstery!

I had to google lametta. Yeah, that stuff just looks messy to me.

I just go to Homebase and surreptitiously sniff their tinsel when the staff aren't looking

Is this a thing then? I thought it was just me being some kind of tinsel pervert [santa]

Definitely no coloured lights though, that's a step too far even for me...

I much prefer coloured lights on indoor trees to 'tasteful' white ones.

Yes, of course!

I much prefer coloured lights on indoor trees to 'tasteful' white ones

I like to have both. The more the merrier!

Just no 'emergency services' blue lights. Those are hideous.

No no no!

Love the smell of it, but it looks hideous

What do we mean by tinsel? That shiny boa things or the shiny thin strands? “Boa” type yes, thin strands, nope.

Not for me. Warm white lights, decorations in red, gold, white and natural wood/ string/ hessian and gingerbread only. However I'm going to have to set up a Tacky Tree for DH and kids which they can drape as they wish.

No. I think tinsel is very outdated nowadays.