star or angel/fairy?

We always had a star ( still do.)

I always have the frightened fairy. At some point in the packing away her hair got stuck straight up from her head and won't lie down. She looks terrified!

Lit up star on top of ours.

Star held on with an elastic band. It's a silver star and looked quite unusual the year we used a red Post Office band, but it was rather nice.

Personally we have a star, but you might enjoy this too

We have an angel she is knocking on a bit now and has definitely seen better days (much like her owners really)

A fairy which was a fair haired dolly I dressed myself. These days her dress slips down at the front and shows her bosoms. I do try to hitch it up.

God! She must be knocking on fifty now!

DaphneBroon

Always the fairy, although I made her a new dress, wings and wand a few years ago.
And I have to fix her head back on every year.
She stands in a tinfoil covered toilet roll centre which keeps her upright (her dress covers it)
Although the needles still get into her knickers

Love the poem Daphne, we have a fairy all gold and shimmery. She has stood the test of time much better than me.

We have Father Christmas holding a sack and a small Christmas tree. I can't remember how long we've had him now and I would feel awful about making him redundant although I would like an angel! Maybe next year!

Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty. Well we do and Daphne she's got tinsel on her knickers

We have a fairy. She's looking a bit worse for wear this year so I think maybe something else next year!

Ours must be forty this year
Star Bright, Star Light

She's not out of the box yet .....

I have an angel which replaced the fairy dressed by my mother back in the 1960s. I was thinking of getting a star instead. Tree toppers are only £1 in Poundstretcher.

We have a silver star on top with a fairy in front of it.

We were married in 1959, that Christmas I bought a small plastic doll, dressed her in an off cut from my wedding dress; a tinsel halo and white painted knickers. The paint has since worn off. She has been on top of our tree every year since then and woe betide any one who tries to replace her.

That sounds lovely sara

To be honest I'm not sure if mine is a fairy or an angel she is dressed in white with golden hair and wings, could be either I guess.. had her for years though and she always looks slightly drunk on the top of the tree and often topples off at varying times.

We have a Santa that looks like Edward Woodward in A Christmas Carol! We've had him since my 46 year old daughter was 3. He doesn't match my current decor but I will use him til he falls apart! ?

For many years we had a fairy - ie a cheap celluloid doll (being rather strapped for cash in those days) which I made a white dress for and stuck on some tinsel. My son loved her and he always got on a chair to put her at the top of the tree. Last Christmas, I took her down, put her on the floor to take outside to blow off the dust, and stepped back and trod on her. She was 40 years old and just disintegrated. Son devastated when told. Tradition means everything to him.
This year I pushed the boat out and bought a beautiful angel from John Lewis so await the verdict from the family. I did point out to my son that the new angel will become part of his childrens' traditions and one day he might step on her!

We have a battered angel who has seen better days. I can't throw her away or replace her as everyone wants everything to be EXACTLY the same every year.

back in my cash strapped days in the 70s i dressed a little doll in a white crepe paper dress trimmed with silver tinsel. the skirt of the dress made a circle and, viewed from the back, all you saw was her knickers! but the children loved her.
in the late 90s i decided to re-dress her but in red as i'd changed my colour scheme. however much i tried i couldn't get the dress to go right so bought another fairy instead.
didn't like it much so, in the mid 00s i bought a lovely red and gold fairy and she's been on the top of my tree every year since - the grandaughters absolutely love her and fight for the privilege of putting her on the top of the tree.