"Somehow I can't see the self-styled "Satnaists" with their inverted pentagrams and all, sticking one of these trendy monstrosities in their living rooms."
I wasn't referring to "Satanists." The mere act of inverting a powerful symbol is believed to work to negate that power in occult philosophy, so it would not matter who was doing it, or what their intent might be. The very act itself is a negation. That's what I meant.
And yet, some more Christmas Tree Legends - this time Inverted
Back in the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, traveled to Germany to spread the Word of God. Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to the German people. The German people started to revere the Fir Tree as "God's Tree". In the next 5 centuries, the tree became a symbol of Christianity, and was being hung upside-down from the ceiling as a sign of Christianity.