The Christmas Fairy/Angel
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The fairy at the top of the Christmas tree was originally a little figure
of the baby Jesus. In late seventeenth century Germany this became a shining
angel. Windsor Castle's Christmas trees were topped by a large angel.
In Victorian Britain, little girls would take the angel down after Christmas
and dress him in dolls' clothes. Eventually the angel turned into a thoroughly
female fairy, complete with wand.
The transformation was boosted by the pantomimes that became popular in the Victorian
era - and, naturally, included a good fairy in the cast.
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