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What goes on the top of your tree.

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Userno36367363 · 26/11/2022 16:24

For me it's always been an angel, it's what I was brought up with. My grandparents have had the same angel since they were married 60 years ago! My mum also had an angel.

Dp thinks it should be a star. I'm not against a star!

but what do you have?

it seems that people have all sorts of things now!

my angel tree topper is broken so need to get something else!

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HippyChickMama · 26/11/2022 22:55

Jack!

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Leela2 · 26/11/2022 23:00

HRH Mr Tim Curry as Frank'n'furter

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HerReputationMadeItDifficultToProceed · 26/11/2022 23:15

I was brought up with the explanation- from a gran- that the divide between angels and stars was based along Christian lines. The proper church going Christos had a angel and the rest of the population- from the vaguely Christian to your atheists, Jews who do Christmas, Hindus and everyone in between- do a star. No idea where this comes from and not sure I believe in it or ever did, but it always springs immediately to mind when I think about it.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 26/11/2022 23:16

Leela2 · 26/11/2022 23:00

HRH Mr Tim Curry as Frank'n'furter

Wins the thread.

SparklyMistleToes · 26/11/2022 23:16

An angel. Always

FancyANewID · 26/11/2022 23:16

We used to have a star. Then about 10 years ago I saw the most beautiful (and expensive) angel at a garden centre that really grabbed me.

We were fairly skint at the time and I think it was about 50 quid so I put it back - but DH bought it on the sly as I was so taken with it 😊 She's a bugger to get on straight though!

Eleusa · 26/11/2022 23:20

HerReputationMadeItDifficultToProceed · 26/11/2022 23:15

I was brought up with the explanation- from a gran- that the divide between angels and stars was based along Christian lines. The proper church going Christos had a angel and the rest of the population- from the vaguely Christian to your atheists, Jews who do Christmas, Hindus and everyone in between- do a star. No idea where this comes from and not sure I believe in it or ever did, but it always springs immediately to mind when I think about it.

Not sure why an angel is more Christian than a star. In Matthew the wise men follow a star, in Luke the shepherds are called by an angel. I’m a Christian and we have a star but not for theological reasons- we bought it 30 years ago for our first Christmas together.

Eleusa · 26/11/2022 23:21

were fairly skint at the time and I think it was about 50 quid so I put it back - but DH bought it on the sly as I was so taken with it

Two reasons to treasure it, lovely xx

Missingthesea · 26/11/2022 23:24

A hot pink flamingo with a feather tail, bought a few years ago when JL had run out of stars and angels and we couldn't find the star we knew was at home somewhere.

CoodleMoodle · 26/11/2022 23:30

We've got Duggee dressed as an angel. He was cut out of the magazine when DD was a baby - she's now 8 and DS is 4 and we've had him up there every year. He's looking a bit tatty, despite keeping him in a special box, and every year I worry it might be his last! DC would be very upset if we didn't have Duggee. And so would I.

We used to have an angel, and we do have a lovely purple star... But, for now, Duggee stays.

GimmeBiscuits · 26/11/2022 23:33

I don't know yet . Maybe some feathers this year. I have some really lovely peacock feathers put away somewhere.
In the past I have had a star, a huge bow, and a partridge (a fake one, obviously- a real one would fidget too much).

AuntieMarys · 26/11/2022 23:36

David Bowie.
The true son of god

Leela2 · 26/11/2022 23:39

Alan Partridge in a pear tree, in the hallway tree.

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RaininSummer · 26/11/2022 23:40

A folk art fairy creature on one and a Pg tips Christmas monkey on the other

crackofdoom · 26/11/2022 23:45

Sharon. I made her myself, and painted her face a bit smudgily so it looks like her makeup has run, and she has bleached blonde hair (unravelled jute twine). Sharon has lived. I would add a photo, but she's still in a box in the loft.

dropthevipers · 26/11/2022 23:59

Fancied something different one year. Very different. A junkers ju 87 dive bomber (stuka). Gets coat.

JulesJules · 27/11/2022 00:02

A knitted (by me) Jimi Hendrix. For a few weeks he's in his tree, then he goes back to being out of his tree, on the shelf next to the TARDIS (not knitted)

Rainbowbaby13 · 27/11/2022 00:06

I have a star I think angels are more religious and I'm not at all

AcrossthePond55 · 27/11/2022 00:26

a blown glass finial. It's very similar to the one my parents had when I was a child.

spiderlight · 27/11/2022 00:26

A paper angel that our DS made in nursery when he was 2. The wings are his tiny handprints and I love it so much 💕. He's 15 now and has cringed at it for years but I can't imagine using anything else!

KnottyKnitting · 27/11/2022 00:31

A fairy! When I was a child I thought the fairy we had on top of the tree was magical. When I got married I tried to find a similar fairy but couldn't find one anywhere. So I bought a cheap small doll for 50p, made her a dress and wings and she has been on top of our tree for the past 33 years! She looks a bit beaten up and has had a few new sets of wings over the years but she still sits proudly on top of our tree.

Susieblue18 · 27/11/2022 00:48

An angel my 23 yr old son made at nursery!

TooBigForMyBoots · 27/11/2022 02:45

LauderSyme · 26/11/2022 16:53

An angel growing up. As a little girl I loved her.

Now a big glittery red star from Wilko's!

@TooBigForMyBoots According to Microsoft Bing's Dictionary....

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NOUN

the action or practice of inhaling small quantities of a concentrated and vaporized drug, typically cannabis oil or resin:

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Which one is your angel doing?!

The second one. The second one. My 24 yo angel has never done drugs.

LauderSyme · 28/11/2022 18:22

@JulesJules For a few weeks he's in his tree, then he goes back to being out of his tree.

That's hilarious!

Judging by some of these I need to get more creative...

Openmouthinsertfood · 28/11/2022 20:44

I'd like to have an angel, but can't find one that doesn't look like princess Dianna. I just have a star.

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