Last year the fairy on top of my Christmas Tree was Navi...

Wish I was going to be home for Christmas this year because I would totally do this.

Should have bought those Halo keychains and patches, and made ornaments out of them.

I'm actually really tempted to do this, but alas I don't think my tree can hold up the weight of the helmet.
@EnigmaNemesis: A few of the shops in my area still sell those... hmm, I may have to have a Halo christmas

A Triforce symbol would make a good gaming substitute for the star on the top of a tree.

@EnigmaNemesis: Great idea. Although I don't think $6 for a single ornament is cost-effective. X-D

@edb87:

True story!

i think a good decoration would be wanderer from shadow of the colossus climbing the tree and a weak point as another decoration alas i have nothing of that sort

I'm gonna have my own twelve days of Halo, starting with the retail xbox game of the original (best of the platinum edition...the fuck? Oh well, can't argue with $10)

@mossberg: Your idea = win.

As a kid I wanted to take the AOL CDs they sent in the mail and spray paint the topside, and make them ornaments.

...

That's all I got.

If it were up to me, I would have a Final Fantasy themed tree, with Moogle and Chocobo ornaments, and a traditional FF Crystal to top it.

There's nothing clever about that.

@Mogs: It's clever if no one else did it first.

I'll have a RROD X-mas tree when it dies in about a month. Maybe next year they will have redesigned the X-mas tree not to die.

@Stormrider900: hey, that is a cool idea!
cheers mate.

:)

@Mogs:

Don't hate.

[www.break.com]

Noooo!! Why did he have to dieee?! *sob*

Well, that's one way of scaring the kiddies into being nice. >:)

Looks like Kotaku's gonna have another contest from the sound of these comments...

A big, fat, jolly Mario with a long white beard alluding to Santa Claus, running vertically up the tree to get a star. Called it!

@kgetz3: WTH? That's gut-bustingly hilarious and tragically sad at the same time.

Others HAVE done it first. The article even states that there have been a couple different ones floating around, his favorite having a Santa hat.

Master Cheif can transform into a Tree in upcoming Halo 4!! YAY MORE ADVENTURES AWAIT!! :D

j/k, kinda stupid though... replacing the angel with a helmet from Halo? so now you worship Halo?! let me guess... Master Cheif is GOD?

@Green-clad gamer dude: A Grand Star :D

@Akmed:
Shhh don't tell the fan boys...

Anyway I thought it was cute, though I would rather have mine displayed on my desk.

@Akmed: I didn't know people put shit they worship on the top of their Christmas Tree. I sure as fuck don't worship a piece of plastic, covered in tinsel, with multi-coloured lights and a variety of built-in festive songs.

But that's just me.

@MBCpeanut:

QFT

@dablitz: Even better!

@kgetz3: You should be banned for that. But sweet God... that video sure makes me thankful I'm in love with a Christian girl.

@Akmed: Yeah, didn't you know that? You must obviously not read Ctrl+Alt+Del.

@MBCpeanut: Hahaha.

@MBCpeanut: Not usually full on worship, but there's supposed to be some sort of symbolism there that requires respect and more notice than other things. So it's not really the 'piece of plastic, covered in tinsel, with multi-...' that's being worshiped, but whatever it represents.
I believe the tradition of putting a star at the top of the Christmas tree was inspired from the star that the three wise men followed in finding baby Jesus. From there, people started putting other things up there.
Also, it sounded like Akmed was being sarcastic and trying to crack a joke, but I'm not sure.

@Akmed: Broken logic and, I hope, a lot of sarcasm.
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TRANSFORM!

@kgetz3: Whuteva! I'll do what I want!

@MBCpeanut: You communist!

As for a Halo-helmet-on-a-tree? Seems pretty weak in my opinion. I mean, if you want to do a gaming-themed tree and can get away with that in your household, do it. Don't cop out with one Halo helmet on top, and just leave everything else looking out of place.

i'd like to see 2fort decorated for the holidays. or the aperture science offices!

*LOL* I can't stand Halo, but that tree is hella cool.

BLASPHEMY!

My Christmas tree has an angel from Neon Genesis Evangelion on top of it, I hope that counts as proper decoration. It also has other random anime/gaming things on it, overall, it's a pretty kick ass tree.

A real halo christmas would be master chief busting down the door of your house to deliver presents instead of Santa.

Surely if even the mighty Master Chief sat upon such a thing he would risk getting the RROD? Painful!

And the true spirit of Christmas is corrupted just that slightly bit more...

yes, the star on top of the tree is supposed to represent the star the three magi saw on the night jesus was born. I'm not big on religion (last time I went to church was probably 15 years ago), but it is a Christian holiday, and the star on top of the tree is a religious tradition.

I don't always put a star on top of my tree, but I sure as heck don't put anything representing some sort of consumer product up there...

I have a Borat mask with bulb lights coming through the eyes on the top of my tree. I'm not too impressed by this effort.

@badasscat:
whats the fairy for then?

@badasscat:

You mean the same consumer shit x-mas has turned into? Last I checked there was no x-mas trees in the bible ... though I could be wrong since every turn the new testament is "re-translated".

*Solid Snake shoots helmet off tree and then replaces it with arm of Revolver Ocelot*

@Accordion:

erm, ever thought that the 'fairy' is actually an angel? To represent the Archangel Gabriel.

LMAO i WAS being sarcastic. and well. don't take it seriously LOL

on another note: anyone else think it's a little small?

@EnigmaNemesis:
I thought everyone knew it was an old Germanic thing(circa 16th century). And I don't recall there being any significant new translations of any part of the Bible in over a hundred years.

@ZinkO:

I know!

The translations is whatever new church you want to ask! They have their own versions of the bible now.

Master Treeif! ... Anyone? No. Oh well.

@EnigmaNemesis:

'Oh yeah? Well I translated the copy of the Bible, and guess what, YOU MISSED A PROPHET! HIS NAME WAS JESUS AND HE'S BETTER THEN ALL YOUR PROPHETS COMBINED!"

"Oh yeah!? Well in MY Bible, you guys missed a prophet named Muhammad, and he's the most IMPORTANT ONE OF THEM ALL!"

@Evdor: In my bible, God has a motorcycle. Bleh.

My family always had about three angels and a star around the top of the Christmas tree. I used to hide army men in it.

Man you guys are freaking hilarious.

@Sabre_Justice: Hiding army men in Religious symbolism.

I don't see any metaphor in that.

@Evdor:

You heretic!

the problem with our trees is that they are often too big, and we have to cut some inches off the top whilst balancing precariously on a ladder... fun :/