Get out your champers and your party poppers, hatters -- it's time to celebrate a heck of a hattery year!

Chin chin!  It's that time again, everyone -- our countdown of the Maddest Hatters of 2011!  I'm going to kick start the fun, but I want to hear your nominations in the comments, too.  Let's get this party started, shall we?

And the winners are...

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Dashing these off before I go enjoy my own Christmas lunch -- Merry Christmas, hatters!  And I do believe that Lil has brought you a brand-new topper for the holidays.  Not my favorite -- too tall, too round, too bowler-esque.  How about the rest of you?

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Yet another of these Queen Alexandra-style chapeaux from Kate this Christmas -- I still don't like it, sorry, everybody.  But this one in particular is really different from various angles.  Behold:

Unflattering angle.

More flattering angle.

Most flattering angle of all.  Still just not a huge fan, though.

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Is this yet another formal Paddington?  It looks warm at least, if a bit overpowering.

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I feel like lately Sophie's been veering wildly between hats that are a little on the young side and hats that are way over on the matronly side ... and this looks like the latter to me.  It's just a little too classic, maybe?

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How exciting is this, everybody -- Lady Louise in a Christmas hat on the walk to church this year!  Hooray!  She looks adorable in this beret.  Classic, age-appropriate, and really cute.  Thumbs up, Lady Lou!

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As per usual, Anne's either hiding from the photographers on the way to church, or they're ignoring her.  And it's too bad, because this hat really doesn't look too bad!  (It doesn't really match her coat, and it looks a bit springy, but heck, it's Princess Anne!  We'll take what we can get.)

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Peek between Autumn and Peter -- it's the Linleys!  I'm really digging Serena's dramatic fur for the day ... very Princess Margaret of her, no?

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Bless her heart -- of course Zara would bring along Beetlejuice chopsticks to Christmas for our entertainment!  Really, is any hat complete without them?

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Our favorite Canadian maple leaf (who is expecting her second little leaflet -- congratulations!) wore her default Royal Winter Event hat today for church.  But it's a flattering topper, so I don't mind at all.

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