This auction is for a new old stock, very rare package of vintage National Tinsel Mfg. Co. Revolving "Fairy-Foil" Festoons, which are expandable mid-century aluminum foil holiday decorations.
Product Overview Manufacturer: Produced by the iconic National Tinsel Mfg. Co., which historically operated out of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Design: These atomic-era decorations consist of tightly pleated, multi-colored metallic foil discs (featuring silver, red, green, and blue sections).
Function: When uncompressed, each circular festoon expands outward into a continuous 3D accordion-style hanging garland stretching to approximately 18 inches.
Historical Context: This specific packaging features a classic mid-century graphic header card with a 29¢ price tag, dating it roughly to the 1950s or 1960s.
Smoke-free storage environment.
There appears to be at lease 3 festoons in the package, there may be more (hard to tell).