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Do you put an angel or a star on top of the tree?

  • 10-12-2013 1:34am
    #1
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭


    So guys and girls, now that most of us have our trees up... Angel or Star? ;)

    Let the games begin!

    I'm an angel myself. :D

    Angel or Star on top of the Christmas tree? 104 votes

    Angel
    0%
    Star
    35%
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    Other
    64%
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Comments

  • #2
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,648 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Other
    Star for me! :)


  • #3
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    Star
    Is it bad form to vote on your own poll? Is it akin to liking your own facebook posts? :o

    I do love a good star myself, but we've had the winged madam for so long now, I'm loathe to retire her!


  • #4
    we'llallhavetea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea


    snowflake :cool:


  • #5
    April O Neill II
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    Other
    Star all the way.


  • #6
    Paulie Gualtieri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭Paulie Gualtieri


    Other
    A star , don't like anything religious in the house , just creeps me out a bit, don't know why .


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  • #7
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,354 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    No tree here. Trees are 'outside' stuff.


  • #8
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Star
    An angel, because it came in the box of christmas tree decorations I inherited


  • #9
    Dublin Red Devil
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    Other
    I have this glass snow flake thing that lights up


  • #10
    brooke 2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    Angel


  • #11
    snickerpuss
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    I have a lovely big bow.


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  • #12
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    We have stars on top of both of our trees. I don't like the look of angels.


  • #13
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    Star
    snickerpuss wrote: »
    I have a lovely big bow.

    I like the idea of a snowflake! :D

    I forgot my mum puts a big bow on one of our tress, that can work well too :)


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
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    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    A star , don't like anything religious in the house , just creeps me out a bit, don't know why .

    You do know why people put stars on the tree in the first place?


  • #15
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    We have a star. Well, it's not actually on the tree. Stupid thing wont fit on the tree so it's on the mantelpiece.


  • #16
    jersman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 55 ✭✭jersman


    A mini hurl


  • #17
    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


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    A star on my own tree but the "home" tree has an angel, which is a little creepy and battered looking, but she's an institution at this stage.


  • #18
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    We used to have an angel on the one in my parents' house until the year the Christmas tree kept falling down and the angel's head fell off and went flying into the fire. Ah Christmas memories.


  • #19
    Paulie Gualtieri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭Paulie Gualtieri


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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    You do know why people put stars on the tree in the first place?

    The star leading to Bethlehem ?

    I know but a star isn't as religious looking now is it .


  • #20
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    I put a mushroom on mine!


  • #21
    gypsylee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭gypsylee


    An angel here. Have her years, couldnt part with her now.


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  • #22
    Digs
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    A star! It was my granny's, couldn't have anything else up there :)


  • #23
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    Star
    username123 wrote: »
    I put a mushroom on mine!

    No way? :pac:


  • #24
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,854 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    A toilet roll Santa that my little lass made in crafts her first Christmas at school


  • #25
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    SparkySpitfire wrote: »
    No way? :pac:

    Yeah, I've got a little cute sheep who sits on it. I'm into mycology (the study of shrooms!) and one year came across some decorations that were mushrooms, fabric (like little plush toys) so we got them for a laugh, then the fairy disintegrated so we used the largest shroom on top, and now it's just tradition.


  • #26
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    Star
    username123 wrote: »
    Yeah, I've got a little cute sheep who sits on it. I'm into mycology (the study of shrooms!) and one year came across some decorations that were mushrooms, fabric (like little plush toys) so we got them for a laugh, then the fairy disintegrated so we used the largest shroom on top, and now it's just tradition.

    haha that's amazing! :D


  • #27
    Pang
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    Always a lovely star! It just feels more like Christmas to me than an angel.


  • #28
    miss no stars
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    Fairy on the main tree, star on the one in the porch.


  • #29
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,947 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    We had a gold angel for years but we put her up on the tree on Monday and she wouldn't stay up there as her head is too big for her body. Haven't decided what we're getting yet but I would love a light up snowflake!


  • #30
    amen
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    Alternate between Angel/Start every year


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  • #31
    iguana
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    A Tomten.


  • #32
    enda1
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    Star
    We put the angel I made in junior infants on the top. Coming from a family of 4 children I think this is the single piece of proof that I am the favourite :p


  • #33
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    A star , don't like anything religious in the house , just creeps me out a bit, don't know why .

    Erm and there is no religious symbolism involved with the star... you know, the one that guided the three wise men to jesus.


  • #34
    funnights74
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    Angel on the tree, star on the crib.


  • #35
    Eamo71
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    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    A star , don't like anything religious in the house , just creeps me out a bit, don't know why .

    But isn't the star representative of the star off Bethelem which led the wisemen, shepards etc to the bould baby jebus?
    So it is sort of symbollically religious.


  • #36
    catallus
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    I could live without a tree altogether if I had the choice, but peer pressure forced me to get a small tree and it has a star on top. I'm non-committal tbh. It's just symbolism at the end of the day.

    What I want to do is have a few plain small lamps on the windows for the week running up to christmas because it just feels christmasy to me. Something about letting vagrants know they are welcome if they need shelter? You can bet your ass that that's just symbolism too. :)


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  • #37
    B0jangles
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    Neither, I have a big glass spike.


  • #38
    efb
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    Fairy


  • #39
    Soft Falling Rain
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    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    A star , don't like anything religious in the house , just creeps me out a bit, don't know why .

    Yeah, I mean imagine anything religous creeping you out at Christmas?

    Star, used to have an Angel passed down by my grandmother but it's seen better days at this stage.


  • #40
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Neither. This year is myself and my gf first proper Christmas living together so we decided to get something non religious since I was born church of Ireland and am now pretty much Buddhist and she was born catholic and is now pretty much pagan. We got one of those glass tree toppers.

    http://www.pinterest.com/pin/456693218433343207/


  • #41
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    Star
    baby and crumble wrote: »
    Neither. This year is myself and my gf first proper Christmas living together so we decided to get something non religious since I was born church of Ireland and am now pretty much Buddhist and she was born catholic and is now pretty much pagan. We got one of those glass tree toppers.

    http://www.pinterest.com/pin/456693218433343207/

    That's lovely :)


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