Do you put tinsel on your Christmas tree or not? DH doesn't like it at all and doesn't want it on there. He thinks it's a mess and looks nasty. What do you think? I already have some garland on there and lots of ornaments. I don't want to overdo it. When I was growing up my Mom always put it on the tree. I've been kind of alternating every year with this. Thanks for your opinions. ~Lisa

No tinsel here. Garland only.

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no tinsel and glass garland only. I think tinsel is not good if you have cats around.

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I hate tinsel. I makes a mess. Plus it's not really pet safe, mine will eat that crap, same with Easter grass.

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What do you mean by glass garland??

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no....tacky

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I can't stand tinsel and think it looks tacky however I know people who proudly proclaim look at my tree, it has 10,000 pieces of tinsel LOL, and they have spent hours carefully coating the tree one piece at a time,you can barely see the tree...I also know someone who has a super tacky whirling buzzing flashing light at the top of their tree! To each his own, I don't care for it on my tree though.

I like tinsel however I have garlands of stars and snowflakes and "pearls" that I prefer stringing around my tree.

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No tinsel. My kitty cat likes to eat it and while it makes for some "festive" litter box presents, I don't think that could be good for them. LOL.

Growing up we always had tinsel on the tree....tradition, I guess?

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My brother used to painstakingly put tinsel on the tree, strand by strand. It looked nice. If you throw it up in gobs, I think you're better off without it.

Maybe you could make the festive litter box presents into next year's ornaments. (Anyone remember SNL's phony ad for "Litter Critters"?)

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I think a small amount of tinsle looks really pretty on a tree but I don't use it because its too time consuming to put away and fuss with.

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No tinsel no way no how and no garland either only small wooden cranberry balls is used as garland on our real tree. I also think tinsel is tackey as well. Peace. Catherine

No tinsel ever!

No tinsel here - we have cats. Two years ago our cat, Novi (who one friend describes as "not the sharpest spoon in the knife drawer") decided to eat some of the fake evergreen garland that I had wound around the upstairs railing. He began puking up bits of it in February and had to go to the vet for x-rays - we hadn't even realized he'd been *snacking* until he began yakking it back up two months later :-(

None here. To messy and I have cats and one of them refuses to stay out of my tree!

I would if I didn't think my dog would eat it.
I think it has that old fashioned look.

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I like it when its applied with some discretion. However with 7 cats its just not feasible here. We did find some old-old fashioned tinsel that is made twisted strips of tin/aluminum or something similiar and you hang each piece individually. Its thick enough the cats/dogs can't eat it and it has the same strand of silver effect.

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When I was young, we always put tinsel up. I liked it then...but that was between the 50's to the 70's.
On my own tree we never put tinsel, just either popcorn/cranberry garland, or ribbon garlands.

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No tinsel here. I didn't even know they made it still!!

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Update...Decided to NOT go with tinsel...DH is happy and thanks you for your input!...We've never had cats (DH has allergies) so I didn't realize until you all shared how much they like to play with it!... ~Lisa

My Mom used to put it up piece by piece and take it down piece by piece. Bless her heart. It really looked beautiful and was done with love. I don't have the patience so I use garland!