It doesn't look like tinsel to me; it looks knitted.

Somebody doesn't know tinsel from garland.

And it doesn't look like garland, either.

It looks like a snake.

Have a look at Google Images for Tiger Snake.
You'll find several pictures there which illustrate the skin colour and texture perfectly.
Forgive me for not posting a link, but I'm using my iPad at present which makes the finer points of posting somewhat difficult.

I believe what we've got here is failure to communicate.
Here in the colonies, we call the example on the left Tinsel, and the right Garland. At least in my portion of the colonies. ;)

In my portion of the colonies, ain't no such thing as garland. I've heard the word before through media and pop culture references, but never seen it or heard anyone talk about it in person. (The stuff on the left is still tinsel, though.)

What do you call the stuff on the right?

Snake?

That ain't even a real tree!

"That stuff people draw on cartoon Christmas trees." It's not a thing, I don't have a name for it. The only association I have with the word garland is a garland of flowers you put in your hair:

Twil concurs; I concur with Twil.

You've let a sheltered life or Texas is stranger than I thought. Why do you think the draw them on cartoon trees? They're copying real trees. Try Googleing Christmas trees or Christmas tree garland.

Sure, I know it's a thing, just like I know snow chains are a thing. But I've never seen them in real life. To be honest I haven't seen tinsel since I was a kid. If you have a real tree it makes it non-recyclable (as in the garbage people won't take it, you have to deal with getting rid of it yourself,) and if you have a fake tree it gets all tangled when you try to put the tree away.

It definitely looks most like a snake, but if I were to mistake it for something else, I'd go for brown knitted scarf over tinsel or garland.

tinsel protip: If you take one strand of the silver tinsel, put one end on your wet tongue, tilt your head up and blow, you look like a fountain.

Please don't try the same thing with a garland.
It might be a snake. ;)

Wise man.



Christmas - wise man. Get it? Did ya get it? Are ya getting it? I feel like yer not getting it.