Star or Angel

[Travel60]

Angel - she is around 35 years old now. She holds a light in one hand that moves as her wings slowly flap. About 25 years ago, our tree took a tumble. The Angel still lit up but wings did not flap anymore even though you could hear the little motor trying. We kept using her because we couldn't find anything else we liked. Then one year - she worked again! And still does today. We call it a Christmas Miracle.

 

[Disneylover99]

LOL. I have to ask, how did this happen?

Is this a tradition or a first year thing?

Either my son or husband put it up to be funny, or maybe to try and annoy me.

I never really thought about it, but I suppose it could be turning into some kind of warped tradition. Last year there was a skull at the top of the tree for about a week or so. Lol.

 

[Diznygrl]

When I was little, my brother and I used to fight over which would top the tree, the star or the angel. We had to draw from a hat every year to see which one it would be. Our angel was this weird thing that my grandma made completely out of beads with a doll head and was too heavy for the top of the tree, but I always wanted it up because I loved dolls. Somehow that angel only ended up at the top of the tree once that I can remember. But in the end I was ok with it because that meant I could play around with the angel all through the month. I don't know what ever happened to that thing, it eventually just "disappeared", but the star still lives to this day some 40 odd years later, and it still works.

Nowadays I prefer a star.

 

[luvthatduke]

The large green tree is up this year, so Tinkerbell sits on her thimble on top
w/lights wrapped around her pretty wings.

When the slightly smaller white tree is up we have a lighted star,
as Tink is too heavy (shh... don't tell her).

 

[SpaceMan5]

Either my son or husband put it up to be funny, or maybe to try and annoy me.

I never really thought about it, but I suppose it could be turning into some kind of warped tradition. Last year there was a skull at the top of the tree for about a week or so. Lol.

I love it! Sometimes the best traditions just happen

 

[ford family]

We have had Taz dressed as an angel for many years.

ford family

 

[Karin1984]

In the Netherlands the most common tree topper is this, originally in gold or silver, but nowadays available in more colours and shapes.
It's called a 'piek', pronounced same as 'peak' in English, the word has the same origin. 'Piek' is an old fashioned word for top. Like mountain peaks.

 

[mumto3girls]

Stars atop both trees. My girls have tabletop trees in their bedrooms. I think some at least 1 or 2 anyways have angels.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Wellll... we have stars on it, but they're not exactly "toppers" - the tree is too tall to fit a traditional one, so we put two star ornaments as close to the top as possible. From one angle, it's a white star with a snowman gazing up at the Christmas star, from the other, it's a brown star with Santa in a cowboy hat (from a trip to Texas about 20 years ago).

 

[footballmouse]

Mine is a Mickey ear Santa hat.

 

[ronandannette]

Either my son or husband put it up to be funny, or maybe to try and annoy me.

I never really thought about it, but I suppose it could be turning into some kind of warped tradition. Last year there was a skull at the top of the tree for about a week or so. Lol.

Love this. It reminded me of something...for a few years running when he was a teenager, my DS would sneak some weird, random and totally-out-of-place thing on to the tree and see how long it took me to notice. Sweet memories - thanks for that. Merry Christmas!

 

[Disneylover99]

Love this. It reminded me of something...for a few years running when he was a teenager, my DS would sneak some weird, random and totally-out-of-place thing on to the tree and see how long it took me to notice. Sweet memories - thanks for that. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you too!
And I look forward to next year’s tree topper. Lol.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I like stars best, but I have a bow to top the tree. I just never had good luck keeping stars straight.

 

[RedAngie]

Love this. It reminded me of something...for a few years running when he was a teenager, my DS would sneak some weird, random and totally-out-of-place thing on to the tree and see how long it took me to notice. Sweet memories - thanks for that. Merry Christmas!

How long did it take you to notice?

And did you leave it there afterwards?

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

We used to have an angel but then we bought a bigger tree so now it’s a bow

 

[ronandannette]

How long did it take you to notice?

And did you leave it there afterwards?

Ha! I'm not sure I ever actually did notice all of them. A few of the more memorable ones were an empty toothpaste tube and a hotdog bun with a bite out of it. No, I did not leave them there.