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Reminds me of the tradition of topping out a finished roof. You often see 100m+ skyscrapers with a pine wreath hanging on top as if we were still worshipping so
by hbossy 3y ago
Reminds me of the tradition of topping out a finished roof. You often see 100m+ skyscrapers with a pine wreath hanging on top as if we were still worshipping some forest gods.
- hobo_mark 3y ago> You often see... Where in the world is such a thing a frequent enough sight to say that?
- PLenz 3y agoThe US for one, where it evolved into a Christmas Tree at the top upon "topping out".
- arethuza 3y agoIs that done just at Christmas or all year round?
- relaxing 3y agoYear round. And it's just a pine tree. It's not decorated for Christmas or anything.
- arethuza 3y agoThe town in Scotland nearest to where I live, Burntisland, has docks and they have a huge crane there - at Xmas the company puts a Christmas tree on top of the crane about 65m or so up. It's quite bizarre as when it's dark (and days are quite short in Scotland at Xmas) you can't see the crane just this lit up Xmas tree hanging in space above the town. It's very cool.
- steanne 3y agothe US. not just wreathes: whole-ass trees and specially-painted beams. i can speak for the mid-atlantic region; basically, any building that has a ground-breaking ceremony might also have a topping-out one. https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/why-do-construction-workers-top-building-sites-with-undecorated-christmas-trees.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/why-do-construction... https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Topping_out https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Topping_out
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- kwhitefoot 3y agoAll over Northern Europe surely.
- hbossy 3y agoPersonally, I'm in Poland but I've seen them in other countries too. That's the most recent one from my city: https://radiopoznan.fm/informacje/pozostale/to-nowy-najwyzszy-budynek-poznania-andersia-silver-siegnela-niewidzialnego-sufitu https://radiopoznan.fm/informacje/pozostale/to-nowy-najwyzsz...
- dugmartin 3y agoOr burying a horse head in your house in Ireland: https://daily.jstor.org/the-horse-skulls-hidden-in-the-dance-floors-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-horse-skulls-hidden-in-the-dance...