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The post 50 Outdoor Christmas Decoration Ideas for a Merry and Bright Home appeared first on Reader's Digest. These festive outdoor decorating ideas will make your entire home Christmas-ready.
Tinsel garland on a Christmas tree. Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called "lametta", and emulates icicles. It was originally a metallic garland for Christmas decoration.
The Legend of the Christmas Spider is an Eastern European folktale which explains one possible origin of tinsel on Christmas trees. It is most prevalent in Western Ukraine , where small ornaments in the shape of a spider are traditionally a part of the Christmas decorations.
The motif is found in decoration in nearly every medium. The relationship between acanthus ornament and the acanthus plant has been the subject of a long-standing controversy. Alois Riegl argued in his Stilfragen that acanthus ornament originated as a sculptural version of the palmette , and only later began to resemble Acanthus spinosus .
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