upsidexmasmmp_468×666.jpgHere they go again. The British media is all a ga-ga about Christmas trees — upside down Christmas trees. This trend started in earnest two years ago when trendy trees colored with black feathers first hit the media. They were supposed to be all the rage. But at more than $500 per tree the trend never really caught fire.

So now the media there has taken it in another direction — the upside-down tree.

For the space saving novelty that an upside-down tree is the UK media is taking it a bit far, however, by touting these trees as old-time traditional. They quote promoters of the trees as saying that the upside-down tree is tradition and rich in religious symbolism.

A spokesman for the company said: “The ‘upside down tree’ is not so new!

“Hanging fir trees upside down dates back to the Middle Ages.”

“Legend has it that a 7th century monk used the triangular shape of the fir tree to describe the Holy Trinity to the German people.

“It then became revered as ‘God’s tree’ and was hung upside down from the ceiling as a symbol of Christianity.

Er….right. Try and find any kind of historian to back you up on that one.