JFF - Angel or Star?

I have a three foot Jack Skeletington , that is in his Santa Suit. It was a Christmas gift from the husband a few years ago.

He is pose-able, so I wrap his arms and legs around the tree top and he just sits there.

Nightmare Before Christmas is more then a movie for me. when I think of the movie I do not see gross dead things done in Clay-mation . It reminds me to stay true to who I am and what I feel on the inside. So seeing Jack a top my tree is only suiting for me, this time of year. Because it is all about being true to who you are, not being anything else.

Before him, we did not use a topper.

Ha. That's funny you should ask b/c I don't technically have a "topper" but I do have both an angel ornament and a star ornament. I put BOTH up at the top of my tree. I guess the angel stands out more though. But I did put both up top this year. Last year? Don't remember. I probably switch it out, although I like the look of the angel better.

Both the angel and the star represent the Christmas story. I use the star because that is what we used when I was a child.

I have an angel that my mom gave to me when I moved out. She had it forever and was saving it for me. Now that my mom has passed away, I couldn't dream of not having her angel on our tree. It's like she is watching over us during the holidays

I usually put an angel on top of the tree...

We celebrate Yule, not Christmas, so we have father time on the top of our tree.

my parents got married during Vietnam...so they had a dove of peace. And now so do we. Peace, everyone, during this crazy time.

My family always used a star, and as I have inherited the ornaments, it seems like a natural.

Last year dd insisted on a star, and insisted on making it. Not quite star-like, given that she was four at the time, but full of significance for her.

This year she says she wants the angel. We haven't gotten our tree yet, so we'll have to see.

We have a wonderful angel who "flies" by gently moving her wings back and forth that we have had on our tree for probably 20 years or more...I will be SO sad when she finally quits working!!!
I love to sit quietly at night with only the Christmas Tree lights on and I can hear the soft noise she makes as she moves. Oooooooooh I think it is time to get my Christmas Tree up!!!!

I have TWO stars... They are both sentimental , especially the one my brother, who is now deceased, purchased. When I hang it, I am reminded of how much he loved Christmas lights and while it's a star up there on the tree, I know that he is in fact my Angel ...

I need a new one! My star is too little, and my angel is too big! I hope to run across one of the two that fits my current tree better. I don't care which it is, as long as it looks right!

Non-committal, I know! LOL!

Dawn

I love the idea of an angel, but have not fallen in love with one yet.

We had a star which spontaneously fell apart last year :( I have not yet replaced it. Since our budget is super tight, if push comes to shove, I'll let the kids make something and use that as our tree topper this year!

Started with an angel (that's we always had when I was growing up, too)... but it never would sit exactly straight... I finally opted for a star, and then it got crushed/bent somehow so I couldn't use it anymore. So I bought another star last year. I'll be opening up the boxes soon, and if this one is messed up, then maybe we'll go back to an angel again...
I had started putting the angel up on the top of the shelf (the top of the cabinet type space) above where the creche goes.... yes, there is an angel with my nativity set, but there was a "host" of angels that were heard on high... not just one, so I figure it's okay if we have 2, lol.

We had a Teddy Bear holding presents for the longest time.

Greg made a star at school 2 years ago and we have that now.

I'd like to find the star my parents had on ours growing up. White and glittery with a light shining from it.

We have a star. I would not mind an angel, but they always seem to be so goofy looking or too babyish or somehow just "off." I would be happy using either, but have never found a decent looking angel.

I have a big red and white bow that is at the top of our tree.

One tree has glitter snowflake...the other angel!

Angel that used to belong to my MIL.

Angel for us, but I like Stars too.

A star on my big tree.
And a very fragile, vintage ornament of a mouse in a rocket ship on my little tree.

We use a star. It took me forever to find the one I really liked, but now we have a sparkly, shiny gold star!

We have a beautiful gold bow. It's not as tacky as it sounds. :)

Funny. My "good" tree has an angel in a lovely dress (the only angel that's not all annoyingly somber or mad looking---weird that it's so hard to find a happy looking angel, to me). My "kid" tree has a multi-colored star. My little kitchen tree has a crawfish dressed in a little cotton dress with angel wings made out of corn husks, and a halo.

Oddly enough we don't have a tree topper so we just use a Santa hat for the top of the tree. It was the kids that came up with this idea. Cracks me up every year they struggle to get to the top of the tree to put that red hat with with fuzzy trim and then position it just so. I'm still laughing. Can't wait to see how they get that hat up there this year.

We had an angel but it broke so we use a very old falling apart star. We will most likely buy a new topper some day and buy what ever suits our fancy at the time.

We have an Angel, that I have had since I was a kid.

We have four cardinal birds, one for each of us, that go at the top.

I recently bought an angel with a glass face. The past 7 years or so i had a star i wasnt happy with, i grew up with an angel made out of corn husks that i loved that i cant find!

Angel ... always an angel. At least, when or if I do a tree.

We have two different alternatives: an angel kitty, holding a star OR my husband's fave, from his earlier days, a Santa head with a loooonnng beard. We've nicknamed him "ZZ Top Santa" and love him!

When I was a kid (back in medieval times), we had a light-up star on our tree. Then we used a glittery ornament that we inherited from my grandmother. Then we went to a more modern treetop ornament that my mama liked better.

When I had a family of my own, we used my grandmother's glittery ornament on top, but my children didn't really like it much. So now there's a star - a wicker-type one, with a mouse in it. That isn't to everyone's taste, but I think it's very cute and I have never seen it anywhere else.

We have Tinkerbell. We have a couple of them because we have 2 trees. We haven't put up the big one for a while now though so we only use one.

I grew up with an angel and wanted one on our tree, but my husband prefers a star. So for the past 10 years we have had a star and probably always will. I am used to the star now and like it too.

I had an angel that I've used since I've had my own tree, but my son has asked for a star the last two years. It was the first thing he mentioned this year when I started getting ready to decorate, so I got one. I have to admit I like the way the star looks a little better, because it's perfect at every angle (I always struggle with exactly how to face the angel). Our angel is now on a shelf with the candles and actually looks lovely there. Who would've guessed :)

We have a really pretty angel. Even though it doesn't fit quite right, I really like it.

I like it even more because when I got it, it was on clearance. Originally $80 and I snagged the last one for $10.

The past years it has been a star, but this year it's an angel. The only reason for that is because my parents got a new topper and gave us the angel they have had for years...which I love! And we just put it up an hour ago!!!

Big dark red bow that matches the wide dark red ribbons that circle around the tree!

we had an angel that moved its head, wings and arms. i thought it was VERY tacky growing up. my mom "improved" it by gluing hair on it! my grandmother has a madame alexandar angel tree topper and its BEAUTIFUL. we have a funky funky star. my husband made a really awesome cone shape thingy that was on the top of my inlaws tree. i want it so bad.

This year, we have a star.

I would do an angel if I found a pretty one. But for now, I have a star.