# What do you have on top of your Christmas tree? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178 "2005-12-18T16:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/21 "2005-12-19T00:43:30Z")
Atop our little tree is…a _cat_? Get down, you mangy beast! Where did that star go…? ---
**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 19, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/22 "2005-12-19T00:59:27Z")
A stuffed Christmas Moose with a string of 20 lights on him and now 2 little Moose hugging him. Jim ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/23 "2005-12-19T01:14:22Z")
Nothing yet. Gotta get that tree out of the garage soon. I think we have a silver star or somesuch which goes at the top of the tree. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/24 "2005-12-19T03:44:37Z")
We used to have a teeny tiny angel on our teeny tiny tree. She was retired a few years ago when I bought a blown glass topper [like this](http://pages.tias.com/9034/PictPage/1922104250.html) at a bin sale. I really liked it - until my sister dropped it. Guilt caused her to buy me a _gorgeous_ Polish made glass topper circa 1920 at an antique store last year. It’s beautiful. Approximately 8" high, all pearly with gold and dark red accents. I haven’t had the heart to tell her how much the original topper was ($1.00) knowing how much she paid for this one ($45.00). And she is now relegated to supervising only when the tree comes down. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/25 "2005-12-19T03:55:02Z")
I’ve previously commented here on my apathy regards to decorating crap for Christmas. I had to ask the Bus Wife in fact, if we have the “top” of the tree done. I’m told it has been placed by the Kid. It’s the same as every year (rah), a straw-like angel that to me looks like nothing so much as a tamale with wings. Is it January yet? ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/26 "2005-12-19T04:06:42Z")
A Menorah. I love the double takes. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/27 "2005-12-19T05:37:15Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > a blown glass topper [like this](http://pages.tias.com/9034/PictPage/1922104250.html) _That’s_ it! That’s what I have on my tree, only without the indent-design dealie, and it’s cream-coloured with gold details. I never knew what to call it. Tree doo-hickey. Pretty dealie with the spike. Round double bubbled thing with pointy head. Tree kebaber. Lance. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/28 "2005-12-19T05:57:23Z")
I don’t have a tree, but my Mum and Dad always do. They just put a star on top. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/29 "2005-12-19T07:08:57Z")
Nothing. We have hundreds of lights on the tree, and all red ornaments with a few silver placed among the red. We have never found anything to fit on top of the tree that didn’t look kind of silly, so we stopped looking. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/30 "2005-12-19T07:17:16Z")
A light-up eight-point star, complete with tacky gold sequin paint that flakes off in the most cheap-ass way possible. But I like it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/31 "2005-12-19T16:09:24Z")
A sock moose (like a sock monkey), named Chris Moose. I made him some tinfoil wings and a halo. He also has green pants and a red and white striped sweater. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/32 "2005-12-19T17:06:52Z")
No tree this year, the baby’s too little. Next year we’ll have to start from the ground, as neither of us has had a tree as adults. We’ll have to get lights, ornaments…and a topper. I think I’d like an angel standing in a star, if I can find such a thing. Also it should light up. ---
**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 19, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/33 "2005-12-19T17:11:44Z")
> [@dinahmoe](#): > > A sock moose (like a sock monkey), named Chris Moose. I made him some tinfoil wings and a halo. He also has green pants and a red and white striped sweater. Cool the second Moose tree top. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/34 "2005-12-19T18:33:43Z")
A Jack-in-the-Box Millennium Ball. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/35 "2005-12-19T19:00:58Z")
Absolutely nothing atop our tree. But it is okay because it matches the bare theme. I live with 2 roomies and one of them (my lil sis) used all of last years lights to wrap the patio in for year 'round festive lights. She promised to purchase more this year for tree decor and has since decided it would be too much trouble. This, after I spent an hour putting the huge artificial thing up. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/36 "2005-12-19T19:04:59Z")
Santa Hat. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/37 "2005-12-19T19:07:03Z")
I’d like to put [Jesus](http://store1.yimg.com/I/christiandollarstore_1874_7019213) up there if only so I could say, “Holy Impaled Jesus!” ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/38 "2005-12-19T19:53:26Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > A light-up eight-point star, complete with tacky gold sequin paint that flakes off in the most cheap-ass way possible. But I like it. 🙂 We have the same thing minus the paint. We were going for cheap and tacky one year, but the topper really grew on us. I think it looks great. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/39 "2005-12-19T20:22:04Z")
A teddy bear. When we got all our Christmas stuff, oh, about three years ago now, we didn’t buy a tree topper. But it needed something. So now Dayne sits up there and keeps watch. He’s the best topper ever. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/40 "2005-12-19T20:27:45Z")
We’ll have a big light-up moravian star on ours this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178.md?page=3)