Inverted Christmas Tree - LOL....ok, I died laughing

[Julie5150]

"Sheryl Karas, author of The Solstice Evergreen: The History, Folklore and Origins of the Christmas Tree, isn't quite sure what's going on with the resurgence of upside-down trees, a 12th-century tradition in Central Europe.

"But it's the question I get more often than any other on my website," says the Santa Cruz, Calif., author (sherylkaras.com).

Karas believes it's purely a decorative thing this time around, a way to better display ornaments so they don't get lost in the foliage. She doesn't want to put a damper on the holidays, but she suspects "there's something sinister, almost bad, about it."

Because the shape of the tree is symbolic (pointing to heaven), "if they thought about it, they wouldn't turn it upside down," she says."

LOL!! Seems like a big PITA to hang a tree upsidedown just to display the ornaments better...Who the hell thought of that bright idea 12th century Europe, eh? wouldnt' it be easier to just not have a tree and to hang the ornaments from the ceiling - skip the bulky, shedding middle man.

And the shape of the tree is symbolic, it points to heaven....LOL
Oh - I just thought ALL trees grew upwards with no regards for heaven...and people, too - so we must be symbolic seeing as how we grow upwards.

[Flat]

Considering all the tree's in the world point up (gravitropism) surely some trees are pointing in exactly the opposite direction on the opposite side of the earth.

BTW: the other day I realised the my Levi's jeans belonged to evil.
Levi's = eviL's

[Rambo26]

they point upwards cos theyre trees

[IceDragon]

Haven't they got anything better to do? It's f*cking pathetic.

[97LT1]

i wonder if it would prevent household pets from knocking them down every year.

[Geography]

Originally Posted by 97LT1

i wonder if it would prevent household pets from knocking them down every year.

Nobel prize for first person to be able to keep a cat out of a tree. Grandmothers cat use to pounce my ass from the tree.

[IceDragon]

Originally Posted by Geography

Nobel prize for first person to be able to keep a cat out of a tree. Grandmothers cat use to pounce my ass from the tree.

I just used to put a firescreen round my tree, stopped the cats from getting anywhere near it.

[lordofchaos]

Originally Posted by 97LT1

i wonder if it would prevent household pets from knocking them down every year.

My friends parents have been doing this for almost 2 decades now for just that reason. Hang a 6ft tree from a 8-8.5 foot ceiling, and the cats can't jump high enough to get into the branches that can support them, no kitty in tree knocking crap down. My parents, just having to worry about a dog, used to use a half a fake tree wired to the wall in 3 places to keep the dog from knocking it down.

Also, his parents liked it when he and his siblings were at home because it was easier to pile the presents under the tree on Christmas eve after the kids went to bed, and easier to get them out the next morning when the kids opened them.