Where is all the tinsel???

[Undineimmor]

Argos- nothing
Tesco- not a sniff of Tinsel
Poundland- nada
Sainsburys- nope

What????????

Considering the enormous amount of shite we consume unnecessarily in the name of christmas (which does bother me) I can’t get too het up about a few strings of tinsel. We bought ours about 15 years ago and it’ll probably do another 25! Christmas lights are also made of plastic right, and they never last as long.

In my front room!

Unfortunately some of it made it onto my tree, thanks to the kids decorating it.

Some of my tinsel is over thirty years and tree is over twenty five years old , so I can't find anything offensive about that .

Bought some at Tesco yesterday.

On my gorgeous tree! Same decorations and tree for over 20 years now, I consider that exceptionally good for the environment!

Tinsel was everywhere last year. I can't remember seeing any apart from the environmentally friendly paper stuff this year.

In my cupboard.

I don't use it anymore. I've gone off it. I've got loads of it. One piece is nearly 10 meters long and really really fat! It's a swag from a big fancy department store. It's lovely but like wrestling with a boa constrictor trying to get it up anywhere 😝

But seriously there's loads on sale in our garden centre and i noticed lots in Homebase.

Loads in several charity shops in my town. 50p a length or thereabouts.

In the bin hopefully. Looks bloody awful.

Oh lord I adore it.. I may try and stock up in case it gets banned.

Mine lasta for ever.

It's pretty grot not sure there's the demand anymore ...

If you are close to the South West at all Trago Mills have tons of the stuff last time I went!

It's all in home bargains - loads in my local store!

Not really. It comes out, decorates the tree , some pictures etc, then goes into its container for a long nap in the loft until the following Christmas.

as does most I imagine.

Loads in poundland, bnm etc

But if everyone buys it once a decade or gets it handed down from parents, then shops have no reason to sell it in the quantities you usually see for sale because between 1980 and now there should have been total population coverage of tinsel (and then some).

So either people are exaggerating on keeping it for 10+ years, MN isn't a representative sample of how people buy tinsel in the real world, or shops have suddenly taken leave of their finely-honed marketing analytics systems.

I personally think a lot of people are exaggerating. Because if you're not, there is no need for it to be in the shops as far as you're concerned, if you already have enough at home. So none of this logic holds up to scrutiny.

I’m still using a combination of my grandmother’s tinsel from the 1950s and a bagful I got from a charity shop in the 1990s. I really don’t understand why it is seen as an environmental disaster. It’s not a single use item.

Why would people exaggerate having tinsel 10+ yrs ? I had to buy my own when I set up home with my husband as no doubt my siblings did .I've had some of mine over 30+ years , what about it ? No of course tinsel didn't get handed down . I can't just take my parents stuff .

I've had most of my Christmas decorations many years including tinsel. My tree is pure 80s. A riot of colour and memories.

Well perhaps Tinsel can't abide YOU ay ??!

@SisterMichaelsHabit I don't understand why you would think that people are exaggerating how long they've had tinsel etc.
Some people buy new tinsel annually because they like the latest ' in ' colours.
Others may buy some new because theirs is looking past it's best.
Others may buy some because they happen to see a piece in a particular colour or length.
Others may be replacing bits that they've lost to various school plays etc.
Others like myself aren't bothered about the latest 'in ' colour and quite happily continue to use the stuff we've had for years, including lights, baubles and other decorations.

Haven't seen or used or even thought about tinsel since I was a child. I certainly never had to get rid of it once Christmas was over - thank goodness.

I only have the smaller shops near me but went into two different Tesco's and bothing!