Posted on 12/01/2017 8:40:35 PM PST by mairdie
But if you want to turn yuletide tradition on its head, you could start by flipping your tree upside down.
Improbable as it may sound, topsy-turvy trees are all the rage for 2017.
The curious practice dates back to 12th-century Central and Eastern Europe, when the inverted triangular shape was believed to signify the Holy Trinity.
Devout people argue that the tip of the tree ought to point towards heaven, but the fashion has gradually taken hold and last year made its way to the UK, when London's Tate Britain gallery copied the style for its seasonal centrepiece.
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Some of them are really well done. And when alternatives in use today are considered, such as decorating ladders, just having a tree at all should satisfy the critics.
I hate the thought of how you’d have to attach the tree to the ceiling. And why do I think this whole thing might be someone’s very large joke at which they’re laughing their head off this very moment?
The Tate one looks like crap.
It looks like the tree committed suicide right there.
How quickly does it dry out to extreme fire hazard level when you can’t water it?
Actually, I love your comment.
Right off I started building this elaborate story in my head of this very sad tree that is thinking about committing suicide at the top of the stairway. The question is who is going to be able to save it. Thanks for a wonderful few minutes.
Surely we’ve now seen enough articles about quick fixes that we can come up with a water balloon type watering system to save the poor tree! With duct tape sealing the water bag to the tree trunk to keep the water from leaking down the trunk.
Jokes are what I used to call the decorated poles in Los Angeles that people would pretend were Christmas trees.
Ha! The Lagerfeld one, not bad - but I think my brain can’t get past the cognitive dissonance that “something’s not right!”
Sounds like a festivus pole.
Apartment dwellers could mount it underneath the sprinkler system and pull the fire alarm every 48 hours or so...
That was my thought, and I think there’s something to it, in a way. I’m thinking it was a “Richie Rich” thing conceived of as an extravagance. Nowadays, everybody is Richie Rich, so the joke’s on them.
It sort of limits the amount of cherished ornaments that are visible at eye level doesn’t it?
That’s hysterical!
And you have to have a tree bottom ornament.
Looks a little bit Satanic to me. But people celebrate the way they want in their own homes.
Also, unless you’re experienced, there will be lots of busted up, damaged ceilings to stare at all year long after the Christmas Season ends.
Luckily I have no idea what Satanic looks like, so can’t say. It just looks incredibly stupid - like someone’s doing an elaborate put-on on everyone. I’m trying to think of a single ceiling I could put one on and I’m stymied. Thank goodness. Think I’ll stick with the idea of decorating a ladder or chair. MUCH easier. After I wrecked my hardwood floor with a tree a few years ago, I haven’t had the guts to try another one.
First thought I had was.... maybe like an upside down flag, a distress signal.
The second thought I had was that it reminded me of the Hindu ‘inverted Banyan tree’. Many Christians have used this allegorically for teaching Hindus about Christ.
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