Christmas Concepts® Shiny Lametta - Christmas Tree Decorations (Silver)

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Now… when the Epiphany rolls around, and it’s time to clear away the Christmas Tree… We do not LEAVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE LAMETTA ON THE TREE! Each strand is to be carefully collected and saved. Line them up straight on a piece of cardboard, and fold it safely away for next year…. Warning!

During Christmas, the city becomes luminous with colorful lights encompassing the ambiance around you. A visit to Christkindlesmarkt will leave you in surprise as no matter how much you explore it; it will never be enough. The Metal Lametta/ Christmas Tree Tinsel is much more expensive than the plastic, but it hangs better, and is easier to reuse. If you favour plains with subtle pattern for living room decor is then jazz it up for the festive season by choosing bold tree decorations and large paper hanging designs. a b Werne, Jo (December 20, 1981). "Decorations spanned decades in development". Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. p.25 . Retrieved 17 December 2011. We always had Lametta, or Tinsel for the Christmas Tree, a German Tradition. (Even for their first Christmas in America, my parents had it!) Long strands of silver that hang from the tree looking like shiny icicles. Mom insisted on it. I loved it, even though none of my American friends had a Christmas tree that looked anything like ours. And we never had strings of popcorn or garland like they did… (Even the type of tree we had was different, but that’s another story.) Lametta may have clung to our clothing when we walked too close, but the shimmering beauty made it all worthwhile.

The Beauty of Lametta

Lametta is a decorative material that is mainly used in decorating Christmas trees. Lametta is a long narrow strip/s that appears like an icicle. When put on a Christmas tree, Lametta gives the tree a magical, shimmering effect in the dark. Never has a Christmas decoration sparked so much debate. While most declared they’d never let tinsel within six feet of their six-footer, there’s always been something secretly alluring about tinsel and its gloriously kitsch appearance, conjuring up wonky, unashamedly over-the-top Christmas trees of junior schools, Santa’s grottos, Christmas fetes and elderly relatives’ homes.

Filled with rich architectural wonders, Nuremberg is a sight to behold. A walk around the city will make your jaw drop in awe. With the presence of visitors all year round, there is no day and no place in Nuremberg that may seem dull to you.

How to Hang Tinsel on a Christmas Tree

With beautiful architecture preserved or rebuilt by the citizens themselves as a sign of infinite human spirit, a beautiful Christmas Market, and friendly locals to make your traveling even easier, Nuremberg, according to one of its mayor is really, “Most German of German cities.” Whatever the opinion may be, Lametta is still well known among admirers of beautiful Christmas tree, and many families still make use of Lametta during Christmas, just as their ancestors did. The city is filled with architecture that offers not only visual but also an intellectual delight. The way that leads to The Germanisches National Museum includes an enormous outdoor sculpture on Human Rights. Consisting of 30 pillars, 8 meters high, one article of UDHR is engraved in German as well as another language. In the 16th-century the word "tinsel" was used for a variety of lightweight fabrics with a metallic effect made with silk and gold and silver thread. These tinsel fabrics were used in elite clothes, masque costume, and for heraldric banners and flags. [1] Elizabeth of York bought "tynsell satin" in 1502 and the wardrobe of Margaret Tudor included "tynsen" in 1515. Tinsel and "tilsent" were less costly than Cloth of gold. [2] Tinsel was used for a veil or caul worn by Mary I of England at her coronation in 1553. [3] Silver tinsel fabric, described in Italian as tocca d'argento, was used for the sails of mechanical ships at a masque at the wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Francis, Dauphin of France in April 1558. [4] Perhaps, the best side of Nuremberg comes to view in full glory during the Christkindlesmarkt. A market filled with Christmas gifts, sumptuous beer and loads of friendly faces to mingle with is undoubtedly the best place to have a great time with your kith and kin. A visit to the bars or cafes in the city is one thing you will never regret.

a b Deleon, Clark (December 26, 1994). "Tinsel plant unites many cultures". The Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina: Knight Ridder . Retrieved 17 December 2011. [ permanent dead link] Germans refer to a row of military Awards and decorations as Lametta ( German for tinsel), similar to dressing in full regalia or with a high level of formality. The expression was coined earlier to describe the appearance of Hermann Göring, e.g. in a Chanson by Claire Waldoff, Rechts Lametta, links Lametta, Und der Bauch wird imma fetta (right tinsel, left tinsel, and the belly gets immense). [12] Simon Temprell, interior design lead at Neptune agrees. 'One of the simplest ways to decorate a Christmas tree is to use lengths of coloured ribbon that can be simply tied to the end of branches, without a bow, so that the ribbon hangs casually. Wired ribbon can be a very effective way of ‘filling out’ your tree with structured bows or you can wind the wired ribbon through the tree branches and mould it into shape with your fingers, as you would with a strand of tinsel.' There are two options here – firstly, if you're happy to tie the bows yourself then satin or velvet ribbon will look great.Modern tinsel is typically made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film coated with a metallic finish. [10] [11] Coated mylar film also has been used. [8] These plastic forms of tinsel do not hang as well as tinsel made from heavy metals such as silver and lead. [11] Figurative use [ edit ] Tinsel has many traditional uses in India, including decorations on images, garlands for weddings and other ceremonies, and ornamental trappings for horses and elephants. [15] Tinsels of various types are popular materials used in fly tying. [ citation needed] See also [ edit ] Once upon a time a poor woman did her best to clean the house and decorate the Christmas tree for her children . In her flurry of cleaning, she banished the spiders to the attic. But, since spiders are notoriously nosy, they crept downstairs after she went to bed. They crawled all over the tree admiring her work. Unfortunately, they left a lot of cobwebs on the tree. When the Christkind came, he saw what had happened… and transformed the spider webs into silver strands that shimmered in candlelight. lt;p>Keep away from fire. Keep out of reach of children. Strangulation hazard due to long cord. This is a decoration and not a toy.&nbsp;</p>

There is an art to hanging Tinsel on the tree…. use a light hand… only a few strands on each branch end…make sure it hangs down. (And if my mom is supervising… it better be done right! Or you will be doing it over and over again.) Nuremberg is a mix of historical past and cultural present. The avid history fan in you will heave a sigh of satisfaction once you have toured around the city. The social persona inside you will be the happiest when you interact with the locals or other tourists in a bar while sipping the well known German Beer.USapplication US3480502,Walter J. Schrenk,"Method of making christmas tinsel",published 25 November 1969, assigned to Dow Chemicals During the 1950s, tinsel and tinsel garlands were so popular that they frequently were used more than Christmas lights, as tinsel was much less of a fire hazard than lights were for the then-popular aluminum Christmas trees, which were made from flammable aluminized paper. [7] Tinsel or Lametta was first used in the 1600′s, and was made from real silver that was pounded flat and cut into thin strips. Since silver tarnishes, tinsel was later made of tin. Today, Lametta is made from shiney plastic. Yes, it’s still quite pretty, but it loses something. Still, I can’t imagine hanging real silver from the Christmas tree. I’m sure that everyone made absolutely certain that EVERY last strand would have been collected after Christmas. (fortunately, the vacuum cleaner hadn’t been invented yet, or someone would be untangling bits from the rollers). The Beauty of Lametta Drahl, Carmen (December 15, 2014). "What Is Tinsel Made Of?". Chemical & Engineering News. 92 (50) . Retrieved 4 April 2023. Tinsel prints are two different types of print, where tinsel is added after printing, for decorative effect. The older type is a rare style of German religious woodcut from the early 15th century. The later type is English and 19th-century, especially used for prints of actors in their roles. [14]