Discuss “Inverted trees extend the prostitution of Christmas”

Welcome to the new world order. The Christmas season begins in October, Thanksgiving is but a warning flare, and Christmas trees are no longer the conical icons they once were. No, these days, the growing hegemony of holiday season consumerism has propelled an evolution of our time-honored symbol of Christmas.

Many outlets have begun selling ?inverted Christmas trees.? These trees stand at heights comparable to standard trees, with one important difference ? the narrow part is at the bottom, and the wide part is at the top. The trees obviously need to have an attached stand to make sure they don?t fall over ? but the good news is since they?re all artificial, they don?t need to be watered. Some trees, in fact, forgo stands and instead are...