Upside Down Christmas Tree????

[TnKrBeLlA012]

As I was shopping in a major department store I saw an upside down Christmas tree?? My thought on that is it's bad luck.The tree was decorated with chineese decorations. I'm completely puzzled with this stupid idea. What happened to the traditional holiday of Christmas??? I'm guessing with the direction the world is going in life as we used to know it is slowly going away. Not for the better!

 

[Bob Slydell]

In some countries, an upside down Christmas tree is traditional

 

[brerrabbit]

Upside down Christmas Trees have been around for a while. In the mid 70's when I was in high school my Debate Coach/Teacher had one in his room. At the time according to him it was a protest against the commercialism of Christmas. I have seen numerous since but have not ever verified that it was in fact a protest.

 

[tarmand]

In the 12th century that was a sign of Christianity in Central Europe.

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In the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach the Word of God. He did many good works there, and spent much time in Thuringia, an area which was to become the cradle of the Christmas Decoration Industry.

"Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God's Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century it was being hung, upside-down, from ceilings at Christmastime in Central Europe, as a symbol of Christianity.

"The first decorated tree was at Riga in Latvia, in 1510."