Peak (Christmas decoration)

The peak is part of the decoration of the Christmas tree. She is always placed at the top of the tree, leaving her pointed into the air and the highest point of the Christmas tree is. Sometimes one can see also peaks in the form of a star or an Angel.

It's not exactly clear what the origin of the spike is. According to some sources the peak refers to the philosopher's Star or an abstract display. According to another theory would be the peak a gespieste Apple are (compare the shape of the peak), there were apples traditionally an adornment of the Germanic tree on the Joel feast, the Germanic winter solstice.