I’m doing a Christmas tree decorating activity at my school and I’d like to use some tinsel as the finishing touch. Has anyone seen any anywhere? Thanks in advance for any replies.
I was looking for it also and couldn’t find it. By far your best bet would be that entire neighborhood, several blocks worth, near Taipei main train station, devoted to xmas trees and decorations.
mmmm? What would happen if you ran some aluminum foil pieces through a paper shredder? Now I’m curious. I might give it a try.
Mother Theresa wrote:
A very good suggestion MT, thanks. For future reference for anyone interested it runs along Chang An West Road. Thanks again.
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Not sure how facetious this might be. I think it would have to be really cheap, lightweight aluminum foil and I think the risk of doing damage to your shredder is not worth it.
Not facetious at all. I took it as a challenge. I have a 600 NT POS shredder from RT Mart. I used standard foil also bought at RT Mart. I couldn’t get one sheet to feed as it was not strong enough to stay straight while it engaged the knives. I took a double size and folded it. Worked great. ended up with tinsel. Only problem seems to be streangth of the foil. Another small issue was that my cheap shredder has shreds that are about 2X the width of regular shredders that shred about the same width as tinsel. I know the one at work is the right size so I might try that one next.
So much for my Mr. Wizard adventure for today.
RTMart has miles and miles of the stuff, in any colour you can imagine. They also have Playdoh sets with all them wee squeezy machines in 'em. I want some for the kid, but they’re for 3 years and up. I wonder if the stuff would keep unopened for two years? Because I bet when he’s old enough for it they will no longer have it.
Just get Sandman to sneeze on your tree.
Of course, I could always just buy some and put it where it’ll end up – stomped into the carpet. Trouble is, I don’t have carpets.
Everywhere I look I can see tinsel, supermarkets, those plastic shops that sell everything, stationery stores and also vendors in the local open market.
okay so Sandman already told you. I am slow.
I don’t know, man. I can imagine a lot of colours. For example, red.
I don’t know, man. I can image a lot of colours. For example, red.[/quote]
Oh, all right, ALL RIGHT! They have blue and silver and gold and fucking RED. Happy now? Sheesh!
AND clear. AND white. AND green (maybe. I just made that last one up out of my head).
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divea wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I wonder if we are talking about the same thing. I mean the long strands of silver material that resembles an icicle type look. You put in on the tree strand by strand (or throw it on by the fistfull when you are 8 years old!). I have seen plenty of garland, the long rope-like material you wrap around a tree and it seems that is what you are refering to.
Haven’t had time yet to investigate Chang-An West Rd. shops. I looked around RT-Mart (center Taipei location) but I didn’t see tinsel. No luck in the dollar stores either. If anybody sees any in a specific location I’d appreciate a mention. Thanks.
Yeah. Tinsel. 
Thanks but, again, that looks like the rope-like wrap around stuff. I am referring to the silver strands that are seperate from each other. About 1/8th inch wide and around a foot long. You get like about a couple of hundred seperate pieces per package and hang them on the tree individually.
Sorry I am techno-illiterate and can’t post a picture but Amazon has one here:
Just fooling with you. I’ll probably be in the Xindian RTMart later today so I’ll have a look – they have a large section devoted to nothing but Christmas decorations.
Thanks Sandman. Much appreciated!
Just saw a load of christmassy stuff in Carrefour, not sure if its what you’re after, but worth checking out of you have one near you.
Apparently it can mess up the guts bad of animals that chew it from discarded trees. Knots around their guts and kills 'em slow… Awful stuff.
What about getting the kids to make some kind of hand made decorations that will make the tree look festive and they can be really proud of?
Try the packaging section at your local stationery shop. The one near my house carries shredded paper and shredded silver, gold, and metallic colored strips. It’s made as a filler for gift baskets and bags but you could hang it off the tree. It’s 50NT per bag (not big bags, though). There is a packaging shop across the road from the Museum of Contemporary Art on Chungshan West Road that carries a lot of that shredded paper in bulk but last time I was there I didn’t look out for any metallic ones.