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Your tree topper

151949 — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:24:11 GMT

What does everyone put on the all important top of the tree? We have had an angel since we moved to Florida but she is getting old & ratty looking so I am going back to my old method of making red velvet bows with streamers as long as the tree and pacing them on the top branch.I'll need 2 because we can see the back side of the tree from our kitchen.

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151949 — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:23:09 GMT

Another thing I am curious about, where does everyone put their tree? We have a large v shaped alcove in our foyer and that is where the tree goes.It's the first thing you see when you walk in the house, and can be seen from every room but the bathrooms and the master bedroom.Since we have been in this house we have had very large trees - 9 1/2 ft tall and about 4 ft across.

In our previous home we had to have a narrow short tree so the big tree now is a real treat.

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151949 — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:27:33 GMT

I am playing around with the idea of getting a strand of tiny mini lights and putting them into the bow as I make it, so the bows will light up. Any opinions?

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Mz iMac — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:34:04 GMT

I put nothing on the top of my tree. ONly thing on my tree are mardi gras beads & lights. I have a 20 pounder cat, enough said.

The red velvet bow(s) I place on the front grill of my car. My car is a pretty blue. So the red really stands out.

I live in a condo. My tree sits inbetween my living room windows.

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Julie928 — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:43:00 GMT

I have more than one tree ~ one I keep up year-round in our kitchen. It is smaller, maybe 3 or 4 feet and I keep it decorated in a fairy/woodland theme year round. That tree has a larger mushroom bird at the top. I have a slim tinsel champagne-color tree in our living room right now. Even though it is pre-lit with white lights I strung orange lights on it and wrapped smaller-scale leaf garlands around it. That one is topped with a real tree branch with a bird's nest on it. The main tree usually goes in the living room window. This has yet to be determined because one of our resident coonhounds is a bit on the, how shall I say, hyper side? LOL! This tree is topped with a cardinal tree topper. But wait there's more!!! We also put a tree in the den. This is an all-white tree that I top with a large white dove. I start my trees early, usually early November because it takes so long to do them all. I don't light the one in the window until after Thanksgiving, but the others are lit whenever I feel like enjoying the lights. :-)

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AuntG — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:52:38 GMT

Our topper is a bow made at a garden center. Never had much luck with stars or angels; they looked crooked. Our artificial tree is stored in the basement laundry room.

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Imadickens — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:36:43 GMT

@151949 wrote:
What does everyone put on the all important top of the tree? We have had an angel since we moved to Florida but she is getting old & ratty looking so I am going back to my old method of making red velvet bows with streamers as long as the tree and pacing them on the top branch.I'll need 2 because we can see the back side of the tree from our kitchen.

In your case, I think bows will be perfect! Many toppers are one sided! I use only "glass" ornaments with lots of glitter only my formal tree so I have a snowman that looks similar to those. I put all the other ornaments I love, ornaments my kids made or gave me over the years, on my den tree. I have a rustic star with country feel or a tin star that I alternate years using! When I was born my parents bought a pretty little angel in a pink tulle skirt. It was used on the top every year until she became to fragile! Her head is porcelain but there is only a wimpy wire to keep her on the tree! When I became afraid she'd fall and break, I began showcasing her in a cabinet, instead!

I have an an open area between my LR and DR. I put my tree there. It can be easily seen through my large picture window, and from both rooms! My den tree is one of those pencil trees about 4' tall. It goes in a small space in my tiny den. I do have a tree in every room, tho! Some are tiny, unlit trees, but they are trees, nonetheless !

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Imadickens — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:32:58 GMT

@151949 wrote:
I am playing around with the idea of getting a strand of tiny mini lights and putting them into the bow as I make it, so the bows will light up. Any opinions?

Would be a lovely addition! Make sure they are cool lights! Are you leaving long tendrils from the bow? I've seen them left as long as the tree is tall! Very effective!

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Spurt — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:13:53 GMT

My angel got a bit ratty too, so I used a vintage star last year but am looking for just the right angel topper....the ones I've seen so far have been too large.....

I live in small condo so my 7.5 tree goes in my living room near my armoire

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Spurt — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:16:21 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
I put nothing on the top of my tree. ONly thing on my tree are mardi gras beads & lights. I have a 20 pounder cat, enough said.

The red velvet bow(s) I place on the front grill of my car. My car is a pretty blue. So the red really stands out.

I live in a condo. My tree sits inbetween my living room windows.

@Mz iMac

Your kitty doesn't attack the mardi gras beads.........

I have to be careful of any ornaments with real feathers---be it a clip on bird or an owl....these have to go near the top out of the reach of my cats.......

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Mz iMac — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:54:18 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
I put nothing on the top of my tree. ONly thing on my tree are mardi gras beads & lights. I have a 20 pounder cat, enough said.

The red velvet bow(s) I place on the front grill of my car. My car is a pretty blue. So the red really stands out.

I live in a condo. My tree sits inbetween my living room windows.

@Mz iMac

Your kitty doesn't attack the mardi gras beads.........

@Spurt

No my cat does not mess w/the beads. I think because the color beads are clear plastic which shine when the string lights, sun or moonlight filters through them.

My cat just sits in front of the tree watching the blinking lights or sits under the tree as a private spot.

Then again, he probably has kitten flashback of the time the tree fell on top of him, trapping him for hours AFTER he broke & shredded all my xmas ornaments.

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StraytoStay — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:10:41 GMT

We have a variety, but it depends on our mood putting it up. I have a lot of Star Trek ornaments so that year I might use the Russian Santa topper. Other years I put up more traditional ornaments and use an angel topper. I have one shaped sort of like the space needle that's glass given to me I've used, too. I just have those three.

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lucymo — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:14:46 GMT

I usually tie a large bow and use picks in the top of the tree. I'm not sure if I will do something different this year or not.

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athenian — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:06:55 GMT

When I was little, we had a star. It got wet in a flooded basment and the glitter and color peeled off. For years it was a Victorian angel, but she got ratty, too. Then I tried the big bow, and also a dove, but now have a star again.

The big tree went in the window of the front room, but now we put the four foot tree on a table in the dining room bay window.

We had years when the tree was anchored to the ceiling, and the glass ornaments started half way up because of a cat. Our current cat just likes to watch the lights from the plant shelf.

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DianeFL — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:16:49 GMT

For the past two years I've put a large white owl on the top since

we decorated in a woodland theme. A week or so ago my husband

and I were in Lowes and saw a star tree topper (not the traditional shaped star) that was all white and had random sparkle. I loved it so that is what is going on our tree this year.

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crazycockermom — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:06:44 GMT

Growing up I remember having angels as toppers. Once I was on my own and my husband and I had our own tree we tried various things. Had a star that was ok, but then my late stepmom made me a big bow topper out of gold ribbon which I love. I then wrap gold ribbon around the tree as a garland. Here's a pic:

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Spurt — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:42:32 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@Spurt wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
I put nothing on the top of my tree. ONly thing on my tree are mardi gras beads & lights. I have a 20 pounder cat, enough said.

The red velvet bow(s) I place on the front grill of my car. My car is a pretty blue. So the red really stands out.

I live in a condo. My tree sits inbetween my living room windows.

@Mz iMac

Your kitty doesn't attack the mardi gras beads.........

@Spurt

No my cat does not mess w/the beads. I think because the color beads are clear plastic which shine when the string lights, sun or moonlight filters through them.
My cat just sits in front of the tree watching the blinking lights or sits under the tree as a private spot.

Then again, he probably has kitten flashback of the time the tree fell on top of him, trapping him for hours AFTER he broke & shredded all my xmas ornaments.

@Mz iMac

Well I'm glad your cat doesn't mess with the beads......That's so cute that he sits in front of the tree watching the blinking lights ......or under the tree like her own personal "forest"..........

Poor kitty what an experience he had trapped under that tree for hours.......... and all the shredded ornaments.....

I had a cat named Reggie....she loved to climb up to the top of the Christmas tree....she knocked over the tree twice....thankfully, it was a miracle no ornaments were broken.....Cats and Christmas---LOL!!!

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candys mine — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 18:16:23 GMT

Tree toppers through the years. My first recollection is little bisque coloured plastic angel that was only about 3 inches tall. We used that tiny angel for years. Then I went on my historical Santa kick and we had an "OldWorld" Santa in burgendy carrying baskets of apples. We had to get the tree size to accomidate the Santa. Made for a very stately tree. For the past couple of years its been a light up white 'Stained glass panels" star that came from the drug store. I have a tree that can change from coloured to white lights. I first got that star in multi color. very pretty but not when the tree was lit with clear lights. Gave that one to my sister. Her kids love it. The white star goes with a white or coloured light tree. My tree sits in the corner of my livingroom next to the archway into the diningroom. With a toybox of ornaments next to it for guests to add to the tree.

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pattypeep — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:29:31 GMT

I make large bows and streamers for my tree topper with wired ribbon. I may or may not change the ribbon out depending on how I choose to decorate the tree each year. Last year I did silver and crystal and found a lovely ribbon with silver threads running throughout. I am also considering adding a strand of lights to the topper since I purchased the three strands that the Q recently offered. Our house is not that large, but is open concept so I place the tree in front of a set of french doors so that it can be seen outside and most anywhere inside. I love Christmas.

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onliner — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:14:46 GMT

I have several tree toppers: an angel, star, top hat, and a bow with cascading ribbon. I bought a new tree this year and it is only 5ft. I need a new topper because all of the others are now too large. I have a couple of picks that I may use this year, if I can't find a bow I like.

My tree is already up! I bought it in July, set it up to see if it worked and just left it up. I will decorate it Thanksgiving evening.