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Gooberman wrote:wow, I've jsut never heard of that tradition before, half of my family is catholic. Please don't take this the wrong way, but it still seems a little morbid to me. Are they 9 inch full blown nails? Or just a little paper decoration?

It's really not much of a tradition. It's just an ornament that my mom found in a store. The card that came with it said to put it on an inside branch as a sort of hidden reminder of the crucifixion, to remind us of what the true purpose of Christ's birth actually was. Trust me, it's not that big of a deal, and there's nothing creepy about it . The ornament is about 5-6 inches long and is made of metal, steel I'm assuming. It's not sharp or anything, and I doubt you could pierce skin with it unless you were really trying to .

Sorry about the slight derailment; just wanted to reassure Gooberman that my family aren't morbid wackos .