I've see several ads where the Christmas tree is mounted upside down. (The ads don't bother to show the method of supporting the tree in the inverted mode.) What is the purpose of mounting the tree inverted? Why is this done? I would think it would make lighting the tree much more difficult. Do we have real idiots in the advertising fields which don't know up from down? An inquiry mind would like to know!
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Arik
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Why? I don't know!
How is it held up? Photoshop!
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Why?
It's an ad. It got your attention, didn't it?
It's an ad. It got your attention, didn't it?
My brother rigged his upside down from a ceiling hook one year.
Got tired of righting it after the tree being thrashed by two dogs and three boys.
Fashioned a cone at the bottom (top?) and kept a wet towel inside.
Got tired of righting it after the tree being thrashed by two dogs and three boys.
Fashioned a cone at the bottom (top?) and kept a wet towel inside.
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KKECK5
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It a repeat of a fad.........One of our neighbors back in 1978 hung their tree upside down from the ceiling ...Thought it was weird then......same now..
amazingflapjack
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It has long been rumored that advertising folks use drugs to come up with their ideas.
I get a kick out of some of our members commenting on the ads here.
I figure this is a group of well informed and astute individuals who are a fountain of information and knowledgeable in the ways of the world.
Yes, it was an ad and got my attention but I couldn't for the life of me tell you the product or service they were advertising!
You can stack more presents under the tree???
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zzzippper
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IIRC that is how the original German Christmas trees were hung. I believe it had something to do with pagan beliefs. Now days they are hung upside down as a fad, to fit more presents, and/or to keep kids and animals away from it. Here are some links with other reasons:
Inside the Upside Down: The Murky Origins of a Puzzling Christmas Tree Trend | Mental Floss
Exploring The Upside-Down Christmas Tree Phenomenon
Inside the Upside Down: The Murky Origins of a Puzzling Christmas Tree Trend | Mental Floss
Exploring The Upside-Down Christmas Tree Phenomenon
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carpriver
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I will tell that I don't know. Nor do I care .
coltle6920
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It's always been difficult to put the star or angel on top of a tall tree without knocking the tree over.
That's my thought and I'm sticking with it.
That's my thought and I'm sticking with it.
OldBrit
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I remember hearing that when Prince Albert introduced evergreen spruce/fir tree type Christmas Trees into Britain from his native Germany, that is exactly how it was hung (i.e. upside down). We Brits then loved Queen Victoria so much (even if her husband 'Bertie' was a bit too much of 'foreigner' for our tastes!) that we aped everything the Royals did, and abandonned the old British pagan custom of taking dead branches indoors and decorating them with ribbons and baubles etc to provide thr tree spirits with a nice home, so they didn't desert us while the trees lacked leaves.
I did not realise that upside down was enjoying a resurgance in the US; ironic really as people over here are buying artificial tree branches made of plastic with led lights etc in a bit of a post modernist return to the old ways! Me and Mrs OldBrit have a proper bit of branch, hewn from the hedge by a passing tractor and now bedecked in pretty ribbons, lights and baubles aplenty!
Happy Christmas/holidays/Yule/Solstice (delete where applicable) to you all.
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