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Tree fairy

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MsGinaLinetti · 11/12/2025 07:33

Every year I float the idea of a Christmas fairy to top the tree. DH and DCs all claim that a star is the ornament that should be used. We have both. AIBU to think that a fairy is THE CORRECT tree topper?

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MsGinaLinetti · 28/12/2025 08:35

Love these

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imnotwhoyouthinkiam · 25/12/2025 13:06

This year's tree topper!

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Happyher · 25/12/2025 12:35

My fairy and star. Happy Christmas everyone

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MsGinaLinetti · 25/12/2025 12:05

Ha ha

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WaryHiker · 25/12/2025 12:01

We always had a fairy when I was growing up. She had a beautiful sparkly tutu. Eventually, one of her arms got snapped off, and after that she was always referred to as the one-armed bandit. Christmas wouldn't have been the same without her.

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MsGinaLinetti · 25/12/2025 11:54

Happy Christmas

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PGmicstand · 15/12/2025 23:18

Doone22 · 13/12/2025 16:11

If you grew up in 70s Britain it's definitely a fairy and nothing else

I did grow up in 70s Britain. As a child, our Christmas tree had the same fairy/angel on it for decades. When I got my own place and my own tree, I rebelled!

NavyTurtle · 15/12/2025 13:57

We have an angel but she looks as pissed as a pudding as she is on the lean.

Doone22 · 13/12/2025 16:11

If you grew up in 70s Britain it's definitely a fairy and nothing else

mygrandchildrenrock · 13/12/2025 12:36

SooticaTheWitchesCat · 12/12/2025 12:08

Fairy all the way!
We have always had a fairy for the top of the tree 🧚🏻‍♀️

Love your user name! Our first cat, many years ago, was called Sootica. My DC wanted to call her Gobbolino (the Witches cat’s sibling) but I couldn’t quite bring myself to do that, so Sootica she became. She lived until she was 22, so I think she was a witches cat!

Christmaschristingle · 13/12/2025 07:52

@Renamed What's the ornaments thread

ArabellaSaurus · 13/12/2025 07:37

Axial tilt is the reason for the season. As the saying goes.

Christmaschristingle · 13/12/2025 07:20

@sprigatito not just Christianity other religions did the same thing .

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MsGinaLinetti · 13/12/2025 07:05

@Goditsmemargaretim glad you understand

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MsGinaLinetti · 13/12/2025 07:04

Love the Dolly Parton one

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Jok77 · 13/12/2025 06:46

It has always been a star in my house and in my parents house too. I thought it was a star or an angel, not a fairy.

Blorengia · 12/12/2025 14:04

Theresalittlebitofwitchinyou · 11/12/2025 15:17

You are officially the winner! Where does one find a black cat in a cone of shame star <asking for a friend honest>

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Lilofthevalley · 12/12/2025 12:29

I have a squirrel. As obviously, squirrels live in trees. He is wearing a santa hat.

Poobs2022 · 12/12/2025 12:24

We used to use a star because that's what we had and for a couple of years we had nothing because the tops of the real trees were too long and nothing would stay up. This year I bought a topper that's a felt dog dressed as a tree 🤣

SooticaTheWitchesCat · 12/12/2025 12:08

Fairy all the way!
We have always had a fairy for the top of the tree 🧚🏻‍♀️

longtompot · 12/12/2025 11:33

We have a fairy and have done for, must be well over 15 years. Bought her Waitrose in the January sales. I make sure the skirt of her dress is lit up with the fairy lights. Before that we had a star.
Interesting to read about the origins, though nothing concrete about fairies. One story said it was during the Victorian era and little girls would take down the angel and dress them up in their dolls clothes.
Another said it was linked to folklore and pagan tradition with fairies living in the trees and hedgerows and the magic of the season.

I quite liked this story though

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/lifestyle/denis-pointed-reminder-reminder-fairy-4936916

✨🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄✨

Denis: A pointed reminder reminder why a fairy sits on top of the Christmas tree

MANY households will this year have a fairy on top of their Christmas tree.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/lifestyle/denis-pointed-reminder-reminder-fairy-4936916

Wot23 · 12/12/2025 10:49

depends on what you think Christmas is represented by

  • a mystical birth
  • a mystical fairy

and, more importantly, what does an evergreen "fir" tree have to do with any of that

Menonut · 12/12/2025 10:37

Traditionally a star or an angel.

In actuality it doesn’t matter, it’s your tree.

Avie29 · 12/12/2025 10:35

Fairy/angel here! Xx

Yourcatisnotsorry · 12/12/2025 10:27

We had an angel (perhaps the fairies are angels?) always as a child. This thread has incentivized me to dig in my parents loft for it as she’s not been seen for many years. Thank you. My child made a massive cardboard star in nursery which is falling to bits and takes pride of place on our tree every year. Angels or stars are perfectly acceptable :-)