Do you put tinsel on Christmas tree?

[wdwfan4ver]

I am asking because this is a long time tradition.

 

[epcotisbest]

We have two pets in the house, so no tinsel.

 

[MinnieM123]

Tinsel, if applied correctly and evenly, can be beautiful on a tree. I haven't used tinsel for many years now, not because it's not as popular as it once was, but because I always did a lousey job of putting it on!

 

[macefamily]

I didn't even realize that tinsel was still available. I thought it was banned because it was killing some rare bird.

 

[DryerLintFan]

We used tinsel for added effect for a 70's themed holiday card photo, and we were still picking it off a couple years later. That stuff is the glitter of tree decor.... it just never goes away.

 

[Master Yoda]

We have two pets in the house, so no tinsel.

This^^^

Same thing with Easter grass. If you are lucky it just "passes" making for some extra decoration in the yard or littler box. If it gets caught on the way down a dead pet or 4 digit surgery bill will be the end result.

 

[Master Yoda]

We used tinsel for added effect for a 70's themed holiday card photo, and we were still picking it off a couple years later. That stuff is the glitter of tree decor.... it just never goes away.

The technical term is "craft herpes".

 

[Goofyernmost]

I am asking because this is a long time tradition.

We have two pets in the house, so no tinsel.

I answered yes, but truth be told, I haven't put up a tree in about 8 or 9 years and only a few when my grandchildren were little. To me without tinsel it doesn't seem right, like something extremely vital is missing.

I had pets for years when I lived at home and early years of marriage when the kids were still around and I don't know of any adverse situation with the animals because of the tinsel. Oh, sure every once in a while the cat would have poop with silver streaks in it, but otherwise it never seemed to be all that harmful.

 

[John park hopper]

Haven't used it in years, have 2 packs of tinsel unopened in with the Christmas decorations

 

[DisneyJoe]

No longer - we only did when we had live trees, not the artificial trees that we have been using for 15 years now - and pets were part of that reason too.

 

[Master Yoda]

I answered yes, but truth be told, I haven't put up a tree in about 8 or 9 years and only a few when my grandchildren were little. To me without tinsel it doesn't seem right, like something extremely vital is missing.

I had pets for years when I lived at home and early years of marriage when the kids were still around and I don't know of any adverse situation with the animals because of the tinsel. Oh, sure every once in a while the cat would have poop with silver streaks in it, but otherwise it never seemed to be all that harmful.

Two of my three daughters are vet techs. They see it 2-3 times a week from Thanksgiving to mid-Januarry.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Two of my three daughters are vet techs. They see it 2-3 times a week from Thanksgiving to mid-Januarry.

I'm not denying that, but I do have a question. Were the animals brought to the Vet. because they had a problem or because their owners saw them eating the stuff? There is a difference.

 

[Master Yoda]

I'm not denying that, but I do have a question. Were the animals brought to the Vet. because they had a problem or because their owners saw them eating the stuff? There is a difference.

In most cases, it was because there was an issue. From their accounts maybe 10% were people that just saw the tinsel after it went through the playdough fun factory. The rest were when they saw blood or the pet had a blockage that required surgery to correct.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

We used to use tinsel, but it all has to come off the tree if we put it out for the trash or turn it into a tree recycling place. Even if it's a long process, it's fun and festive putting it on...but it's a royal pain taking it off. So, it's garland for us.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

Yes we do.
I like tinsel but honestly I'd love to do garland one year but we can't break tradition lol.
A while back we stopped putting it near the bottom because my cat wouldn't stop trying to get it and I did see tinsel in the litter box so that was the point we had to put it higher.
I'm sure the cat I have now would do the same so we have just tried to avoid the bottom area ever since.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

I didn't even realize that tinsel was still available. I thought it was banned because it was killing some rare bird.

It is not banned.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

We have two pets in the house, so no tinsel.

I grew up for a time a dog in the house, but there was tinsel. The dog had no problem with tinsel.

I do see why. I have aunts that are cat owners. They had cats that actually chewed shoes and didn't want to take a chance of they eating tinsel.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

We used to use tinsel, but it all has to come off the tree if we put it out for the trash or turn it into a tree recycling place. Even if it's a long process, it's fun and festive putting it on...but it's a royal pain taking it off. So, it's garland for us.

I do use Garland too. I grew up having having ornaments, lights, garland, and tinsel on the artificial Christmas tree.

 

[Dead2009]

Used to put garland up as a child but the cat loves the tree when it goes up so she'd pull everything down.

 

[WallyWorld]

I answered yes, but truth be told, I haven't put up a tree in about 8 or 9 years and only a few when my grandchildren were little. To me without tinsel it doesn't seem right, like something extremely vital is missing.

I had pets for years when I lived at home and early years of marriage when the kids were still around and I don't know of any adverse situation with the animals because of the tinsel. Oh, sure every once in a while the cat would have poop with silver streaks in it, but otherwise it never seemed to be all that harmful.

So the answer is no