I'm working on tinsel now lol But I did the duplicate and move, worked like a charm. I'm putting too much in to this tree, may just do some quick drape garlands and level it at that. Still looking for a paintball gun, may have to make one.

Best tinsel is a pain, and theoretical at the moment. make a rectangle the right size, surface replicate it to "spawn" them in the right places, make the replications meshes and drape. Ya, not sure I want to push my comp that hard, and would definitely out weight the scene.

The tree is a DNA_Christmas2004 winter pine, not sure whom to give the credit to. Worked great for this Xmas tree. The lights are a simple elipses{?} with a bulb inside; well 3 and the surface replicators.  If I had the money to spare I'd have gotten that yuletide treasure tree at DAZ, looks nice in the add lol