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There are some things about Christmas that are just known. For example, the fat part of the Christmas tree goes down, the skinny part goes up.
Well, brace yourselves. In this topsy-turvy year of 2017, even the trees are undergoing a makeover. Meet the upside-down Christmas tree, one of the trendiest items of the season.
According to Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero Augustus Caesar. It is traditionally held that he was crucified upside down at his own request, since he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus.
Christmas trees today unworthy of Christmas trees past?
I've been seeing pix of upside down trees for a few years. One person does it to keep their pets out of the tree. I used a lightweight tree upside down as a festive chandelier a couple of years ago.
I assume everybody's using fake trees for this; a cut tree would lose its water, right?
I think it can look good if done the right way - if actually hung from the ceiling they can look like chandeliers, and also take up less floor space if you don't have a lot of room - especially good if you have toddlers/pets getting into things! I don't like the kind that are just on a floor stand like a regular tree but upside down - no advantage and just looks unstable.
The Dallas city hall building has an unusual look with the front facade where each floor protrudes more than the previous making it look upside down. Many of the public were not happy with the look and when it was finished in 1978 an upside down Xmas tree was erected in front of it by some citizens.
So the look is not that new.
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