Gransnet forums

Chat

What's on top of yours?

(98 Posts)
Oldwoman70 Sun 03-Dec-17 10:57:36

A question asked on local radio this morning - what do you put on top of your Christmas tree? A star, an angel or a fairy?

I used to put an angel but after about 30 years if fell apart so now I use a sparkly star.

lizzypopbottle Fri 08-Dec-17 20:25:49

Hoping this photo will be the right way up when I hit 'post'. It's horizontal in the preview.

Kittye Tue 05-Dec-17 18:23:03

f77ms I thought my angel was old at 46 grin

NannyTee Tue 05-Dec-17 16:30:23

My Angel . I've had it since mine were babies . She's a bit manly but she's always stayed upright smile

f77ms Tue 05-Dec-17 16:27:50

My 60 year old angel from when I was a child . It is cheap plastic with a paper skirt and blonde hair .

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:16

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:15

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:15

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:15

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:15

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:15

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:14

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:14

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:14

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:14

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

Corncob Tue 05-Dec-17 14:27:14

My answer is simple.I do not have a Christmas tree or bother to decorate as only me and my dog live in my home. I spend my money on presents for my family and close friends not that I have a lot of money,as live on pension credit.

goldengirl Tue 05-Dec-17 11:13:47

A yellow star which is part of the lighting 'arrangement' and a fairy underneath which has lasted many years yet somehow still looks comparatively new - unusual in our house!!!

watermeadow Tue 05-Dec-17 09:02:28

When I was little I was given the fairy after Christmas and we were told she was celluloid ,so very inflammable.
One of my brothers promptly threw her into the fire to see if that was true. Oh, how I cried!

meandashy Tue 05-Dec-17 08:18:25

My angel was made by my mum. It's a plastic kids dolls (not Barbie, think chunkier) with dark hair. Mum dressed her in a pink tutu made from crepe paper. She has silver accessories around her waist and hair made from elastic tinsel parcel ribbon and has a silver wand in her hand! I love her! She's kept in her own box & cared for gently (she's 20+ years old!) ❤

Grandma2213 Tue 05-Dec-17 03:36:22

An angel carefully stored and repaired over 40 years and always the last thing to be put on the tree. We also have many of my DC's toilet roll and cotton wool decorations and are now adding those made by grandchildren. Not exactly elegant but lovely memories!

Birene Tue 05-Dec-17 00:27:32

A big sparkling golden star with, placed just underneath, a thoroughly tatty and adorable pipe cleaner fairy , wearing a tulle dress and tiny tinsel halo. Made by my daughter when she was about three years old. She's mid thirties now and has always insisted that it's a fairy and not an angel despite the halo. "Well there are some good fairies aren't there?!"

Lovetopaint037 Mon 04-Dec-17 23:07:08

I have always looked for a fairy doll. When I was a child I was always given the fairy after Christmas so I suppose we must have had several tho other decorations went on for years. However, these days I can only find angels.

Sillynanny65 Mon 04-Dec-17 22:23:54

A tatty little Angel in a gold dress holding a hymn sheet. She's 46yrs old, and very loved.

etheltbags1 Mon 04-Dec-17 22:23:01

Ive got a big star too heavy for my little tree so its listing a bit. My fairy is tied on by her neck with string legs straddling the branch under the big star. Never mind i like it

Grannyknot Mon 04-Dec-17 21:08:45

At the top of my Christmas tree, is ... about 6 inches of new growth tchsmile. I bought it from Lidl last year (it's a biggish table top one, about 1M tall), stuck it behind a tree fern on the patio after Christmas 2016 and hadn't been anywhere near it for 11 months. When I remembered about it yesterday and brought it out, it had not only survived, but had lots of new growth.

So I'm very pleased with it and shall decorate it with all new baubles this year. It's a real tree in every sense of the word.

nannyof4 Mon 04-Dec-17 19:57:49

I havent anything on my little tree as its an optic one,its the 2nd year i have had it,but never thought of putting anything on it until reading here.