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The Latest Craze, Upside Down Christmas Trees..Selling For $200-$400 on E-Bay!
E-Bay ^ | 11/29/2005 | Me

Posted on 11/29/2005 8:06:26 AM PST by Dallas59

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1 posted on 11/29/2005 8:06:28 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
According to a history of Christmas traditions article I read a few years back, the trees were originally hung from the ceiling (upside down). Used for utilitarian purposes, food was hung on them to keep it safe from the varmints! That's why cookies, gingerbread men etc are still hung from the trees.

Wish I'd kept that article so the source could be checked.
2 posted on 11/29/2005 8:16:31 AM PST by hoosiermama (Don't just count your blessings but count those that you have shared with others.)
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To: hoosiermama

I have also heard it keeps the trees fresher longer.
But the real question should be whether to buy a real tree or an artificial tree.


3 posted on 11/29/2005 8:19:44 AM PST by svcw
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To: Dallas59

Must be a Kwanzaa thing.


4 posted on 11/29/2005 8:21:10 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dallas59

Mr sassbox's fraternity did this once. He said they did it because it was the only way to get the tree to fit in the living room of the frat house. Apparently there weren't any smaller sized pine trees at the local office park where some of the brothers went "shopping."


5 posted on 11/29/2005 8:35:20 AM PST by sassbox (GO IRISH!!!)
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To: svcw

When everyone in the family breaks out in big red welts the decision for an artificial tree is not difficult.

DO love to "look" at the real trees, just can't touch!


6 posted on 11/29/2005 8:51:36 AM PST by hoosiermama (Don't just count your blessings but count those that you have shared with others.)
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To: hoosiermama

Don't the needles fall on the ceiling that way?


7 posted on 11/29/2005 8:54:04 AM PST by johnny7 (“You have a corpse in a car, minus a head, in the garage. Take me to it.”)
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To: Dallas59

I dunno...looks kinda like a decorated 'Festivus' pole to me. I just hate it one holiday morphs into the next...


8 posted on 11/29/2005 8:57:34 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (Repeal, reform, repay or resign!!! Keep the pressure up PA!!!)
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To: Dallas59

Looks to me like a way to get rid of funky looking trees that nobody would use "right side up".


9 posted on 11/29/2005 9:05:08 AM PST by Grammy
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To: hoosiermama

there is some Christmas Traditions and Customs site - christmas.indiasever.com/christmas-traditions/index.html

Those upside down trees (the really nice ones) are great, we got one for our family room last year, along with our traditional tree for living room. They have been around for a couple of years, you only see them in small shops


10 posted on 11/29/2005 11:03:00 AM PST by newfrpr04
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To: Dallas59
My Festivus Pole looks the same when displayed upside down.


11 posted on 11/29/2005 12:02:35 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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