Talk:Tinsel

PVC tinsel?
PVC is far too soft for tinsel. Most tinsel would be made from some kind of polyester film, usually polyethylene terephthalate, which has much higher heat resistance, better rigidity and far higher tensile strength (PVC stretches at the thickness needed for tinsel).

71.241.74.20 (talk) 05:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Double content
The following sentences are twice in the article : "Modern tinsel was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1610, and was originally made of shredded silver." "Tinsel was invented in Nuremberg around 1610.[1] Tinsel was originally made from extruded strands of silver."

To me, the whole article looks a little like being just a copy-paste of different sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.220.75.31 (talk) 17:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The article used to be split into sections, hence the repetition. I've restored the lost "history" header. --McGeddon (talk) 19:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Tinsel was invented in 1610. That would be in the seventeenth century. If true, how could tinsel be used prior to the sixteenth century for anything? Is it meant that the invention was the use of it on Christmas trees and that between 1500 and 1610 it was definitely not used at all? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ealtram (talk • contribs) 16:56, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Tinsel vs Garland
I'm fairly certain the two are different things. Tinsel being individual strands of metallic fiber.

Garland being whatever material chosen bunched up along a string.

Some tinsel may be attatched to a string for ease of decoration... but it all still faces the same direction... (like a hula skirt) unlike garland which manifests as more of a rope-like consistency.

The article has an image of what would without a doubt be classified as a garland, identifying it as tinsel, and I am forced to disagree.

71.194.207.38 (talk) 21:03, 16 December 2021 (UTC)