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| Anton Raphael Anton Mengs, 1770 |
For me, tinsel is the
most important Christmas decoration, but my dad and I disagree about the best variety.
My kind of tinsel is connected to a garland that encircles the tree (like a
halo) or dangles with measured sash along the fireplace mantel (giving the room
a clean, bright and festive look).
My dad, on the other
hand, likes the loose kind of tinsel (the kind that no matter how carefully
distributed hangs at different lengths like little poofs at the end of every
branch), gets carried around the house by foot, and is often statically
connected to clothing and pets. I guess someone could say that both kinds of
tinsel are good although it is obvious which is better.
When we decorated our house
every year (when I was growing up), my dad and I would have a discussion (a
debate) about which kind of tinsel was the best and should be part of our
tradition. It seemed, to me, that my dad was coming to realize the merits of the
best kind of tinsel (in other words “realizing the truth”), but then when we
decorated, he would hang the icicle variety. This pattern was repeated year
after year. This is how I discovered how a representative monarchy works.
