I remember upside down Christmas trees appearing a few years back. No, they didn’t appear in my head after too many swigs of ‘nog–they could be found in several stores across the country and in the homes of trendier families.

My first thought was that it was some kind modern hippie protest against materialism, similar to a satanist’s or political protester’s inversion of the cross or flag.

But it turns out that trees were hung upside down in Germany in the 12th century and may have had some religious symbolism attached to them.

Many consider such trees to be offensive to the Christmas spirit, and ugly to boot. The rebellious conifer is even the reigning champ at http://ugly-christmas-trees.com/, a website that does indeed exist…But its anyone’s guess if they’ll be making a widespread appearence this Yule.

images: thegreenhead.com

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