Quote Originally Posted by nancielle View Post
shellyj, my grandmother had one of those trees with the color wheel. When I was very young I thought that wheel was the greatest thing ever! Drove my mother to distraction every time we visited there during the holidays (she lived next street over so visiting was very easy) because I'd constantly stick different objects (including hands/feet) to watch them turn different colors.
There was something magical about those color wheels....especially when the shone on silver foil trees. And the little liquid bubble lights...
Anyone remember when tinsel was made from REAL LEAD strips? I do!
OUr cats used to eat it, it weighed a ton and tore very easily, and we kids loved to roll it into lead marbles to play with. I'm not dead yet.

I just read this:
"In the 1950s and 60s, metallic trees with all the same shape and color ornaments became the rage. The trees were made of aluminum-coated paper, which posed a fire hazard when Christmas lights were placed directly on them, so they were instead lit by a spotlight with a motorized color wheel in front of it."