- December 6, 2008
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Pick Your Poison: Tinsel or Popcorn Garland?
I want to start a conversation here. It’s a continuance of one I started on Twitter and Facebook last night. To be honest, there was no chatter on Twitter (probably everyone was in bed), but a pretty good debate went on in FB. Now I want to continue this conversation here in my little home on the internets.
Before I do, here are select responses from the conversation last night:
Michelle of Noggin Toppers: Totally Popcorn! Tinsel- who knows what that stuff is made from? Plus, Tinsel gets EVERYWHERE!
Lisa of Queen of my Castle: Plus you can’t eat tinsel when you are decorating with it – how do you TOP THAT?
My friend Jennifer said: I saw the coolest garland in a kids magazing. Popcorn, Gumdrops (for SPARKLE!!!) and lifesavers…. Mmmmmm….
Then Jennifer introduced: I think the real question is… To FLOCK or NOT to FLOCK???
To which I replied: Nice addition to the conversation… I’m a fan of flocking — if it’s flocked in powdered sugar and the tree is made of donuts!
And then Noggin Toppers giggled: What the Flock? hahahaha- I couldn’t resist:) No flocking for me- too messy….plus, you can’t eat it!
And then Bald Ricardo got all inappropriate. He’s always been a perv. If you want to be privy to his comment, you’ll have to make friends with me on Facebook 
And then Paul of the Republic of Paul commented: Buttered tinsel. It’s like a snackish floss.
And Noggin Toppers came back with: OOOOH or meringue! Or whipped cream. MWAHHH right back at ya!
And I was all: OR. BOTH!
And my friend Jessica who I used to BABYSIT! told me something very scary: Tinsel shocks you when you walk by. True story.
*GASP*
And my friend Anna wrote on my wall and added: are you kidding me? tinsel all the way bc when i am doing the rotten terrible chore of picking up the dog poo my whole experience is brightened when i get to see a little bit of holiday twinkle among the stinch…
I. LOVE. ANNA.
You want to know what I think? Silly question… of course you do! While I am partial to FOOD items, I currently sport a mouthful of braces, so popcorn is not such a temptation. Plus, if you have ever made a popcorn garland… I poke my fingers to death threading that stuff. I need to be rich so I can have “people”. Also, and additionally… Hello! I am a huge fan of all that sparkles! I’m like a friggin’ CAT! *paws nose* So. There’s the skinny on how I roll…
So. What say you? On your tree this year… do you hang tinsel or popcorn garland? Do you do something other than that? Truthfully, I hang neither. I swoon for my miles of sparkly star garland… it makes my eyes dance. And we all know how much I love to dance… Now go… discuss!
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I’m a tinsel man myself. Anything shiny distracts me and….
sorry, toaster commercial
I stopped using tinsel when I got Princess. Apparently, for dogs it’s like swallowing knives.
If I were to put popcorn (or any food item) the ants would be all over it in less than a fraction of a second!! Ants here are vicious.
So…. neither. Although, some bright and sparkly tinsel would go very nice with my Tinkerbell Christmas tree!
Once we did popcorn. Hated stringing the stuff for the reasons you mentioned. We did tinsel a lot growing up. After the first year I was married and we had tinsel, I swore never again. Vacuum issues.
We do those long stings of beads and hang those like garland. My vacuum is a lot happier now.
The year we were pulling tinsel from our cats rear end was the last year we used the stuff! Its beaded garland for us.
You know my children and so you know why I do neither popcorn nor tinsel and all my ornaments are too large to fit in their mouths, not to mention shatterproof. Sigh.
Neither here. Just ornaments and white lights.
While I use neither, for the sake of the argument I would pick tinsel because – DUH – it’s shiny! And popcorn stinks. That’s my opinion, for what it’s worth.
None of the above, thank you. I have three large food sluts that would eat anything off the tree, if it even remotely smelled edible-so no food stuffs, that includes candy canes. I HATE tinsel thanks to my mother and whoever said it shocks you is right! It’s awful. Bleah.
I posted pics of my tree a few days ago, swing by and check it
I don’t use either. I have a cat & dog. Tinsel is gross when they eat it and popcorn makes a mess.
However, if you force me to make a choice, I’ll pick tinsel. It is prettier, after all!
Tinsel-y garland. You get the shine without the mess and I don’t have to worry about my dog trying to eat the tree with the popcorn.