# Another Christmas Tree question - what's on top of yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774 "2013-12-07T21:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/21 "2013-12-08T12:26:07Z")
Many years ago, I cut the head off of my sister’s Snoopy doll, drew a grid over his head, and stuck in a heap of pins so that he resembled Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies. Most years he gets the top spot on the tree. He’s not up this year because I can’t find him. Christmas just won’t feel right without him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/22 "2013-12-08T17:30:32Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > There wasn’t a category for “nothing”, so I voted for “whatever was on the pre-lit tree when I bought it” (since my artificial tree happens to have built-in lights). > > Is “nothing” supposed to fall under “something else”? I would have put it under “I can’t get anything to stay up there”. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/23 "2013-12-08T22:49:58Z")
Last year I pulled out the usual angel (some young blonde woman with a fur trimmed gown and holding a stringed instrument) and saw the wings had broken off. So I said it was Taylor Swift and put her on the tree anyway. She might make it up there again this year. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/24 "2013-12-09T01:36:14Z")
A big shiny silver bow. The top of my tree is too flimsy to support anything that weighs more than a couple ounces. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/25 "2013-12-09T01:37:54Z")
We have a plush Super Mario star on ours. We always used to have Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo, but then one of my kids got offended. > [@Snerky\_Snerk](#): > > Many years ago, I cut the head off of my sister’s Snoopy doll, drew a grid over his head, and stuck in a heap of pins so that he resembled Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies. Most years he gets the top spot on the tree. He’s not up this year because I can’t find him. Christmas just won’t feel right without him. ☹ That’s even better than Mr Hankey! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/26 "2013-12-09T02:15:18Z")
Nothin’ at all. Actually having a christmas tree is something of a new thing for me, so the acquiring of ornaments is a work in progress. Topper is a rather low priority. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/27 "2013-12-09T02:58:21Z")
A spike ,so “other”. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/28 "2013-12-09T03:01:53Z")
A really pathetic star that everytime I take it out of the christmas stuff box I think that I’ll throw it away before next year, but never seem to. Bob ---
**Author:** ![StrangerThanFiction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@StrangerThanFiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangerThanFiction)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/29 "2013-12-09T03:15:42Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > I’d really, Really like the Flying Spaghetti Monster tree topper but he’s a little pricey so I settled for the FSM hanging ornament. He’s on top of our tree too! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/30 "2013-12-09T08:39:09Z")
A George Beatle doll. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/31 "2013-12-09T14:51:21Z")
Since I’ve done my own trees, it’s always been an angel. For the first few years it was a pretty simple one made out of some type of corn husk type material and yarn (it was gorgeous - I am just not explaining it right) but since that one bit the dust (I don’t remember why), it’s been a fairly victorian type angel with very elaborate wings and a white frilly dress with some ribbons woven through it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/32 "2013-12-09T16:15:56Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > …a fat red cardinal. Think he’ll ever be promoted to pope? Our topper is an angel. Odd tradition, that, when you think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/33 "2013-12-10T13:40:28Z")
A star my son made in Sunday school: white cardboard with gold glitter. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/34 "2013-12-10T15:49:05Z")
Growing up it was a glass pointy thing like a spire. With my ex-wife it was an angel. Now we have a glass star that lights up. So my vote was star. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/35 "2013-12-10T17:03:28Z")
My family have always traditionally put an owl at the top. I like the tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/36 "2013-12-10T17:09:46Z")
> [@JohnnyMac](#): > > My family have always traditionally put an owl at the top. I like the tradition. That’s great. if we ever do a tree again, I’m going with an Owl. Owls are cool ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/37 "2013-12-10T17:13:03Z")
We have a Christmas Moose on top of our tree. It is a floppy stuff animal. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/38 "2013-12-10T17:18:13Z")
A porcelain angel with a red velvet dress and golden net ribbons flying off in every direction. She’s my favorite decoration. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/39 "2013-12-10T18:37:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > We have a Christmas Moose on top of our tree. It is a floppy stuff animal. Is it a girl? Is her name Mary? Mary ChristMoose. Do you ever reposition her? Vary Mary ChristMoose. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774/40 "2013-12-10T20:18:26Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Is it a girl? Is her name Mary? Mary ChristMoose. Do you ever reposition her? Vary Mary ChristMoose. Sad to say, Mr. Moose is a he. But he does get moved around a bit from year to year. But now I would like to find a female stuffed moose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-christmas-tree-question-whats-on-top-of-yours/675774.md?page=3)