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From the Vault: Holiday Inventions

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Silver Tinsel

Silver tinsel was a type of fine metal thread. It would have been expensive and tarnished very quickly. But if you're putting up your tree on, like the traditional german christmas eve, erection night, then it makes sense. i wonder if that's connected to this tradition, like jesus with a fishing pole, like the man on the moon, kind of agas down baby jesus from on high using like silver cordan,. really like a space elevator.

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