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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Sure, if you want your cat to go clear up to the ceiling to be able to climb it.
Our cats would not be pleased.............
It’s common for many at Satanist churches to display upside down crucifixes or any familiar Christian symbol in a way that disparages, debauches or perverts what the Icon means to believers.
“Hanging fir trees upside down goes back to the Middle Ages, when Europeans did it to represent the Trinity. But now, Christmas trees are shaped with the tip pointing to heaven, and some think an upside-down Christmas tree is disrespectful or sacrilegious.”
WOW! That’s actually beautiful.
YUCK!
Now THAT’S a collection!
I know, never liked Christmas villages until I saw that! Would be worth keeping up all year.
I just have a small number, but I do keep them up all year. As I do all my decorations. I have a huge collection of ornaments and keep them on the hallway book shelves all year. That way I won’t ruin another oak floor.
Thanksgiving, plug it in.
New Years, unplug it.
I love it.
That’s a nice idea, always liked hallway bookshelves to display collections. Glass covered to keep out the dust.
42’ long with floor to ceiling bookshelves. One side for paperback books, the other side for regular sized. And every shelf routed for dishes. I finished every shelf and it took FOREVER! No glass. It’s a replica of my dining room cabinets but without the dining room cabinet doors. And dust EVERYWHERE. Blessed be feather dusters. I spend a lot of time just walking slowly down the hall and looking at the strange stuffies and remembering their stories.
>>And why do I think this whole thing might be someones very large joke at which theyre laughing their head off this very moment?
Because the Tate Post-Modern is involved?
My daughter and her roommates decorated a ladder a few years back. It was imaginative and kind of cool, plus they couldn’t afford a tree.
Yea, she’s pretty artsy. She lives in a liberal wasteland but is strongly conservative and owns and uses a firearm that her roommates, who are a little squishier don’t know about.
Brilliant! Thank you. Completely rational explanation.
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