# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/41 "2005-12-19T20:31:28Z")
My sub-woofer. DeHusband has been having a little trouble this year and was just feeling too depressed to let me decorate. So our tree is still in the box behind my desk. (Which is fine. DeHusband starts a new job in January so next year will be better!) ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/42 "2005-12-19T20:56:32Z")
> [@caveman](#): > > We’ll have a big light-up moravian star on ours this year. I just had to look that up, We have a small one hanging off the Moose’s antler and I never knew it had a special name. Learned something new today. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/43 "2005-12-19T21:39:18Z")
We don’t have a tree this year because we’re going out of town. When I was a kid, we topped our tree with a red bird. Bring it on, Bill O’Reilly. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/44 "2005-12-19T23:02:46Z")
A star. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/45 "2005-12-19T23:08:28Z")
> [@caveman](#): > > We’ll have a big light-up moravian star on ours this year. Oh, that’s so cool! I want one! Where’d you get it? ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/46 "2005-12-19T23:23:59Z")
I top with [Santa](http://photobucket.com/albums/c248/catfoundtoday/?action=view¤t=tree2.jpg). I love that fat bastard. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/47 "2005-12-19T23:33:23Z")
plaster dust. I can’t wait until this damn addition is completed. ---
**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 20, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/48 "2005-12-20T01:08:24Z")
A somewhat natty looking angel I bought at KMart or $12.99 some eight years ago when I moved out of the house and into my own place. The price tag is still on her base. Blonde with a mauve and gold robe and cap with white fur trim all over. And she’s holding a gold violin. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/49 "2005-12-20T01:51:17Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 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’ve got a topper like that, except it’s only 5 years old. Mine is primarily red, but the ball section is silver with little red and green designs painted on it. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/50 "2005-12-20T06:48:00Z")
Our tree is topped with a star that I made in preschool (I’m a freshman in college now). It’s made of tongue depressors and Elmer’s glue and glitter. However, because I went to a Jewish preschool, it’s a Star of David. That’s ok, though, because my family isn’t religious. ---
**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 20, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/51 "2005-12-20T15:47:20Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Oh, that’s so cool! I want one! Where’d you get it? I found it on [eBay](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6589109299&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr2_PcY_BIN_IT). It was quite easy to assemble, as well! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/52 "2005-12-21T02:07:33Z")
Mr. Hanky, the Christmas Poo. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178/53 "2005-12-21T08:15:13Z")
[Our tree](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h46m10.jpg) has a star on it. (By “our tree” I mean my girlfriend’s tree, in her house, with all her ornaments, that I made a token effort to help set up and decorate. I have no room for a tree in my apartment.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-on-top-of-your-christmas-tree/336178.md?page=2)