Unholy tree

[wayfaringwordhack]

Perhaps I'm behind the times and this is something that is done a lot, but when I saw this Christmas tree, assembled bottom up, in a florist shop, it shocked me. I called it an "unholy" tree because it felt like seeing a crucifix upside down (I'm not Catholic, but the intention behind flipping the crucifix is what bothers me).  I'm probably weird or overly sensitive, but the avant-gardism did not tickle me in any way; rather it made me uncomfortable.  Heebie-jeebie city.

Seeing the amount of space in the florist shop, putting the tree upside down may be a problem-solving solution rather than a creative choice, but I still don't like it. At least I can look at it now without shuddering or having to glance away. :P

Thanks, Florist, for letting me photograph your tree. :D

 

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

lol

I was imagining something much worse. :p

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Hehe. I figured you were. >:}

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

It would make me uncomfortable too.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Glad to know I'm not alone. :P

[bkdunn.livejournal.com]

It's kind of a pagan symbol, so it's not really "sacrilege" unless you're pagan I guess.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, "sacrilegious" was the first word that popped into my mind, too, but given the pagan nature of the symbol, it didn't fit. Neither did "un/holy" but I was at a loss for words. :P

[nipernaadiagain.livejournal.com]

Our "tree" this year kind of seems to have horns, looking a bit like a green Yule Goat.

That is so because the student friends of my older son wondered, could they construct a tree from branches discarded by the lumberjacks.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing!

I'd rather see a yule goat than an upside down tree. :D

[clarentine]

I _like_ that tree! Lots of personality there.

[luna-e.livejournal.com]

I like the recycled Yule Goat, too :) Non-traditional, but clever and sculptural.

[clarentine]

Trees like that were all the rage a couple of years ago, for the space-saving reasons you suggest...and then they just weren't anywhere to be found. Probably for reactions just like yours.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I imagined that perhaps one or three people/businesses had tried it, just to make a statement, but I would never have thought someone had tried to market them! O.O

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

It's odd, but at least there isn't a trunk sticking out the top.

I can't help but think it would be in even more danger of tipping than a regular tree, say someone had a toddler, cat, dog, person who happened to bump into it. ... as you've no doubt noticed, theirs is wedged into a corner.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

That tree is just wrong on so many counts. :P

[luna-e.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness, that is creepy and ugly, in my opinion! I have seen "hanging trees" that are a little better, but still disconcerting (normal trees hung upside down from the ceiling). A friend suggested that to me as our cats do not allow me to have a tree, but it feels "unholy" to me, too.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Very creepy. Very ugly. :P

And I don't know that I would care for a hanging tree. o.O