This Dec. 12, 2021, photo shows the biblically accurate angel Christmas tree topper created by the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, atop the tree in their ...

Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, cooked up the idea of making their own series of biblically accurate angels over the pandemic to relieve their cabin fever.

About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, according to a poll last year. Still, there’s no agreement about what they look like or even exactly what they are.

Some people are rejecting traditional portrayals for what they call “biblically accurate angels.” Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings. They are ...

Some people are rejecting traditional portrayals for what they call “biblically accurate angels.” Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings. They are ...

Some people are rejecting traditional portrayals for what they call “biblically accurate angels.” Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings.

Some people are rejecting traditional portrayals for what they call “biblically accurate angels.” Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings.

Social media is full of various interpretations of “biblically accurate angels” imagined not just in tree toppers but also drawings, tattoos, even makeup tutorials.

Social media is full of various interpretations of “biblically accurate angels” imagined not just in tree toppers but also drawings, tattoos, even makeup tutorials.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It was during the pandemic when the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, were going a little stir-crazy that they came up with the idea.

This Dec. 12, 2021, photo shows the biblically accurate angel Christmas tree topper created by the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, atop the tree in their ...