Tinsel trappings.
O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.
She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?.
Christmas decorations clung to the light poles lining the street — green, red, and white tinselly creations: snowmen, Santas, reindeer, candy canes.
the insurance money his death would provide might help his sons to become the tinselly images of a perfect salesman he had so foolishly hoped to be.