I really don't get it? Why all of a sudden are there these giant stars on some many peoples homes? What do the signify? I Googled it and found a wiki entry saying that they used to be on German barns but nothing about houses?

No joke...8-9 homes on my street alone have stars mounted to the siding... one house has 3. Is there a new cult that I don't know about? My sister was just here from ON and she was amazed.

They would look okay if on one house but when every 3rd house has them it is the same as putting a banner on the lawn that reads "this family is completely unoriginal." Please explain. —Confused about stars