Much like it is with Christmas jumpers, there is no shop-bought decoration to equal those you put your own blood, sweat and tears into for a homemade creation.
Maybe you haven’t done so since your school days, or maybe you're still a crafty fox in the run-up to the festive season, but we hereby lay down a challenge – find us a homemade Christmas decoration that can top this one, by our friend Séan Earley.
It may be a case of Earley by name, early by nature – as it does seem just a tad soon to go putting up the tree. Then again though, if you had a decoration like this one, wouldn’t you want to show it off as soon as possible?
Séan may have been inspired by Miley’s X Factor performance at the weekend, but she’s about as far away from the traditional Christmas angel as you can get. We approve.
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