Fake trees turn Christmas on its head

Maybe that Christmas tree you saw really is upside down. Upside-down trees are, well, turning the upcoming holiday on its head.

Hammacher Schlemmer can't even keep its $599.95 pre-lit model in stock. It's already sold out.
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Sheryl Karas, author of The Solstice Evergreen: The History, Folklore and Origins of the Christmas Tree, isn't quite sure what's going on with the resurgence of upside-down trees, a 12th-century tradition in Central Europe. . .She doesn't want to put a damper on the holidays, but she suspects "there's something sinister, almost bad, about it."

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What's next, upside down nativity sets?...No wait, that might mean that Christmas really is about the birth of Jesus Christ...foolish me.