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Title: Christmas Question
Post by: slymyke on December 14, 2013, 04:28:12 PM: For the ones who celebrate Christmas:

Angel or Star?---or something else?

What do you put on top of your tree. I have always thought it was funny how some families were "angel families" and some were "star families".

If you don't have a tree these days, then what did you traditionally have on top before?

Also, if you were from an "angel family" and your significant other is from a "star family" was there a conflict initially over this detail?

My wife and I were both from Star families, so it was an easy choice for us.
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: isleepinthebuff on December 14, 2013, 05:05:47 PM: Star!
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Post by: Mike E. P. on December 14, 2013, 05:09:13 PM: We have a big star. The other night the whole house was wakened when it came crashing down to the floor.
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Post by: isleepinthebuff on December 14, 2013, 05:16:52 PM: I'm expecting my cats to pull down the tree at any time!
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Post by: Razor X on December 14, 2013, 05:21:30 PM: I currently have a star but I've had angels in the past.
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Post by: Frontier Guy on December 14, 2013, 06:23:11 PM: I grew up with angels, but it has transitioned to something in keeping with the theme of the decorations which vary from year to year.
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: slymyke on December 14, 2013, 06:47:54 PM: Quote from: Frontier Guy on December 14, 2013, 06:23:11 PM
I grew up with angels, but it has transitioned to something in keeping with the theme of the decorations which vary from year to year.

Great to see you back, FG!
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Post by: Mike on December 14, 2013, 06:53:39 PM: My family is normally an Angel type but I'm not a fan. When I made a Christmas tree out of lights last year, I had a star on top
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Post by: TheSlyBear on December 14, 2013, 07:58:28 PM: One tree has an angel, another a star, and the 3rd a bow.
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Post by: Country on December 14, 2013, 08:31:58 PM: I grew up with a star on the tree. When I got married my wife wanted a angel or a bow, so that's what we had. Then my son got big enough to talk and he wanted a star so we've had one ever since.
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Post by: clipped on December 14, 2013, 11:59:19 PM: grew up with a star; still a star, although different
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Post by: slybeard on December 15, 2013, 08:33:37 AM: Not a deal breaker for us. We had a star with lights. When the lights quit working, it got replaced with an angel. No big decision, it is just what we found.

As a kid, all I remember is a star.
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Post by: stasiu on December 15, 2013, 09:07:55 AM: I grew up with our "real" tree having a star. First it was this silk white star then my Mom moved into the 1960's with a lighted aluminum star on a real tree. Myself, I have a lighted angel. Dang ... I miss those bubble lights on a real tree ... okey so I had hair back then as a kid ... sat on the living room couch and watched those Noma brand bubble lights as if Lawrence Welk was playing Champagne music ... ohhh ... yes ... Christmas still has magic if you believe !
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL !
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Post by: Cave Dweller on December 15, 2013, 12:30:30 PM: We had a gold spire made of glass much like a shiny globe ornament.

When my wife an I got our first tree, she insisted the topper be an angel - like her family always had. We got one, but he is an abstract design and looks to be made of stained glass.
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on December 15, 2013, 02:56:50 PM: Currently we have a very old school looking red star but we have had angels in the past. Seems we switch it up every few years.
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Post by: Tyler on December 15, 2013, 03:12:37 PM: I grew up with an angel on the top as my grandmother crocheted it for us. We have a star on our outside tree and I just noticed that we don't have any topper on our inside tree. I might have to remedy that now.
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Post by: xnewyawka on December 19, 2013, 10:33:27 AM: We currently have a star, but have had angel's in the past as well.
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Post by: mrzed on December 19, 2013, 02:50:22 PM: If I remember correctly, we had a star on top growing up.

I just looked at the tree this year and there is an angel on top.
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Post by: Laser Man on December 19, 2013, 03:20:16 PM: As a kid, we had a glass ornament that was neither a star nor an angel.

Since my wife and I have been married, our tree has had an angel on top. It is the first ornament to go on the tree.
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Post by: wpruitt on December 19, 2013, 04:01:57 PM: The big tree in the dining room has a star on top of it; it's sort of an old school metal star. The tree in the foyer has a Coca-Cola Christmas Bear - from the old Coke Commercials and the tree in the den has a train engine on top of it.

Speaking of Christmas and Coca - Cola .... Who remembers this old Coke commercial from the earling 1970's ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCsFvVg0UY
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Post by: Mike E. P. on December 19, 2013, 07:09:56 PM: Quote from: wpruitt on December 19, 2013, 04:01:57 PM

Speaking of Christmas and Coca - Cola .... Who remembers this old Coke commercial from the earling 1970's ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCsFvVg0UY

I remember that campaign well. Sweet. Brings back nice memories.
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Post by: Sir Harry on December 20, 2013, 03:13:17 AM: I alternate each year between star and angel....This year it's the star...anyone want to guess what it will be next year? ;D
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Post by: reddog on December 20, 2013, 07:03:13 AM: Right now neither of our 2 trees has a topper, guess I better dig through some boxes and find some.
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Post by: Frontier Guy on December 20, 2013, 09:07:14 AM: Keeping with the nautical theme of this year's ornaments, the top of the tree has a (ship's) marine propeller.
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: wpruitt on December 20, 2013, 10:04:09 AM: Quote from: Mike E. P. on December 19, 2013, 07:09:56 PM
Quote from: wpruitt on December 19, 2013, 04:01:57 PM

Speaking of Christmas and Coca - Cola .... Who remembers this old Coke commercial from the earling 1970's ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCsFvVg0UY

I remember that campaign well. Sweet. Brings back nice memories.

Few years back, Coke did a reissue of it, with the members of the original group (New Seekers?), plus all their families. Wish they would run it again.
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: g_bald on December 20, 2013, 10:11:19 AM: As a kid we had a star every year.

I think it broke when my parents moved (or it stopped working) and she ended up getting an angel instead.
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Post by: baldOUfan on December 21, 2013, 07:05:10 PM: I decorate my tree NCAA football themed so my angel is an Oklahoma Sooner fan in full drab and face paint
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Post by: Cave Dweller on December 22, 2013, 09:52:25 AM: Quote from: baldOUfan on December 21, 2013, 07:05:10 PM
my angel is an Oklahoma Sooner fan in full drab and face paint

Please post a picture of your tree!
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: mrzed on December 22, 2013, 11:15:40 AM: One year at the offfice we decorated the tree with 3.5" floppy disks in many colors. No one is using them any more and we had several packs of bold colored disks.

Quite a hoot.
Title: Re: Christmas Question
Post by: stasiu on December 22, 2013, 11:45:19 AM: 3.5" Disks ?

That must of been the same era when Bobby "Stasiu" Vinton recorded this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1y8VCM9BE
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Post by: Tyler on December 22, 2013, 01:21:23 PM: Very nice Stasiu!
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Post by: tomgallagher on December 22, 2013, 02:43:35 PM: Being Irish I like the commercial for Tullmore Dew a much as the Polish Prince.
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Post by: baldOUfan on December 23, 2013, 05:11:18 PM: Quote from: Cave Dweller on December 22, 2013, 09:52:25 AM
Quote from: baldOUfan on December 21, 2013, 07:05:10 PM
my angel is an Oklahoma Sooner fan in full drab and face paint

Please post a picture of your tree!

not the best photo I have a cat, but

(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi864.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab201%2FSeth_Harrison%2FIMG_20131223_164125_zpsbd04c7e5.jpg&hash=e24d316931e9a4dd934d3c69089158c705dc0e18)