Having looked everywhere locally this past weekend for replacement bulbs for our Christmas tree, I long for the good old-fashioned bulbs. LED bulbs aren't the same as far as I'm concerned! Do children still make paper chains in school? And of course the tinsel in 1965 was a lead hazard. Surely there must be a wonderful substitute. In any event, it is a wonderful memory!
You could probably find old light sets at garage sales. I know they always used to come with a few replacement bulbs.
ReplyDeleteWhen the old lead tinsel was discontinued, my mother moved to the new plastic (mylar?) tinsel, which was terrible flyaway stuff. I tried without it for most of my adult life, because I can't stand the plastic-y tinsel and that fact that it wouldn't hang straight down. A few years ago I tripped over some vintage lead tinsel at ebay or etsy, from a German seller, and bought a bunch. The tree now looks the way it should and I'm delighted. Of course, it means painstakingly removing the tinsel after Christmas to re-use, but it's a small price to pay!
Becky