Campbell said people love the nostalgia of looking at Christmas trees they may have had when they were younger. She says the number of visitors to the exhibit just keeps growing. "I think people are ...

At the time, tinsel was a decoration that could only be attained by those of high financial status, as it was created using thin strands of real silver. Christmas trees with tinsel glistened as ...

At the time, tinsel was made of real strands of silver that had been hammered thin. They were used to reflect the candlelight on the tree—a tradition we’ve thankfully left in the past.

The idea of modern tinsel is actually said to date back to around 1610 in Nuremberg in Germany. Thin strands of real silver were originally used in Christmas trees there help reflect the light ...

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"For example, it was first silver, but then it would tarnish and not have the colour. Then they got into lead tinsel and found that was very dangerous," Campbell said. "And then the white tree in ...

At the time, tinsel was made of real strands of silver that had been hammered thin. They were used to reflect the candlelight on the tree—a tradition we’ve thankfully left in the past.

Either way, one needs to decide how to dispose of their trees once they pull off the decorations. Global News recently spoke with Kelsey Leonard on the best ways to dispose of your Christmas tree.

The image of Christmas time is inevitably linked with lengths of colourful tinsel decorating trees and homes across the globe. This popular tradition is something that people simply do these days ...