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New Billboards Tout Rainbow Trees for ‘Gayer’ Christmas

Would it be okay to have billboards advertising rainbow hajibs for a “gayer” Ramadan?  How long would a billboard like that last in Los Angeles?

But it seems to be a-okay to if we’re talking about Christianity.  The Treetopia web site is ramping up their advertising in Los Angeles:

New Billboards Tout Rainbow Trees for Gayer Christmas

It might seem to be a bit of gamble for a company built around the celebration of central date on the Christian calendar to make this kind of marketing play.  Not every Christian denomination will be okay with this.  The Huffington Post post is hinting that “Traditional Marriage” activists may start a “ballot measure for a ‘Traditional Christmas!’”  They assess the business strategy this way:

Do we need to associate everything rainbow-colored with sexuality? Surely some queer households would find the tree gaudy, while hetero Science Guy Bill Nye (Rick Warren officiated his wedding) would undoubtedly get a kick out of it. On the other hand, it’s assuring that a business in California has confidence the slogan will be positively perceived.

Not everyone in the gay community will in positive perception mode.  This one calls the tree “dreadful.”  But notes that the “proud sobbing trees” are available for $229.

How’s this playing in the advertising community? We turn to AdFreak:

The trees are kind of cool, but they lose a little something in their garishness. I mean, the whole point of a Christmas tree is covering it with lights and ribbon and fragile ornaments, none of which will look as impressive on a multicolored tree. I’m also not sure whether to laugh at their cheeky modernizing of “gay,” which meant something different in old Christmas carols, or groan at their pandering to the broadest possible stereotype of homosexuals. (Is there a straight version with bandolier tinseland pants instead of a tree skirt?)

New Billboards Tout Rainbow Trees for Gayer Christmas

Customers seem happy.  Or customer anyway.  Right now there is only one “awesome” customer review:

New Billboards Tout Rainbow Trees for Gayer Christmas

Now in case you think that Treetopia is not really sending a message about religious convictions, let’s take a look at the product description on the web site.  It comes in the form a confessional letter from “I Just a Rainbow Tree”:

My first home was in a Vacation Bible School classroom where the students were learning all about Noah‘s Ark and God’s promise to never again destroy the earth… But one day the new minister’s wife ran in screaming, “That tree is a bad influence on my little boy!!!” She pointed a shaking finger at me, and two burly members of the congregation picked me up and put me in a closet-like box. I didn’t understand what the uproar was about. After all, I’m Just a Rainbow Tree.

A few months and a cross country trek later, those closet doors were thrown open and I alighted onto the floor of a thrift store in San Francisco. A crowd gathered around; their “oohs” and “aahs” and “Fabulous!” escalated until they hoisted me onto their shoulders. I was paraded up and down Castro Street, and soon a line formed behind me as we sang “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. I was so overwhelmed by the immediate acceptance and love that I just burst into tears.

I‘m betting we’ll be waiting awhile for the “I’m Just a Rainbow Hajib.”

Comments (135)

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:42am

    Yeah–gay‘s can’t participate in Christmas! That holiday belongs to Christians–the Federal government should pass a law requiring all religious faiths, except Christianity to wear somber colors as though mourning on Christmas.

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    • Rn mom
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 9:03am

      Who says anyone can’t participate? How about stop mocking the holiday, it‘s my holiday and I don’t want to see it mocked by a bunch of imbeciles who hate God. They want tolerance? then show it.

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  • SND97
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:22am

    The reason for the season is Christ, its never been about a tree anyway.To me this is nothing, who cares about a tree. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS..the REAL reason for the season

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  • thebsnetwork
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:04am

    You do realize that gay, prior to its sexual reference, also meant happy?
    I think it was an attempt by the company to make a crafty pun… which backfired.

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    • Rn mom
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 9:10am

      Who ever runs the company should run for political office- they have the brains for it. Selling Christmas trees by using the gay movement makes great marketing sense… it’s like selling pictures of Mohammed.

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    • Rn mom
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 9:12am

      I know you are not this naive- quit it. You know it’s indefensible.

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  • NHABE64
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 4:59am

    I think a gay bar and pork sandwiches restaurants should be on either side of every mosque in the country! Hooyah!

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  • TT33
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:25am

    I love the fact that it’s “Christmas” tree if its demeaning (really to everyone) but if its for anything else its “holiday”.Also what the hell does being gay or Christmas for that matter have anything to do with buying what is probably that maunfacturer’s last chance to unload what is probably a factory mess up of on a really stupid (probably lib) consumer?
    Christmas is about good will towards everyone, family, friends and of course Jesus!
    Not about ridiculously colored fake tree which is some how supposed to represent someone’s sexual preference which in itself is vulgar (I don‘t want to know what anyone is into that’s private information) especially on a major religious holiday with that twisted mentally you could literally start making trees which represent any sexual preference for example a lets say a red tree that represents ones preference for big breasted girls… pretty stupid no?

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:21am

    Looks like something out of a Dr Seuss book

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    • starman70
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 10:17am

      If you buy one, does it come with GREEN EGGS AND HAM?

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  • Brooke Lorren
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:06am

    There must be something wrong with me. The first thing I thought of when I saw the tree was gay as in “happy”. The trees are certainly colorful… I certainly wouldn’t want one though, especially when my mind went back to the modern world and remembered that people equate gay and rainbows to homosexuality now.

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  • Randyrocker
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:05am

    Jesse Jackson Christmas Trees, who would’ve believed?

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  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:04am

    Another cause to promote the “Gay” Agenda.I can‘t really say it isn’t good marketing but on a Public Billboard ? They have Gay Newspapers and other outlets to advertize in. How do I know ? I’m not a Homophobic and want to know everything about every culture. Basically so I can AVOID this particular one.

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  • MidwestMomof3
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:37am

    That entire “description” about the tree just is horrible! Could they possibly throw in MORE stereotypes? I’m the proud family-member of two gay couples (an aunt and a cousin) and I can’t imagine anything more offensive!
    Just had to have my say about something so atrocious!

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:26am

    I think it’s disgusting. It doesn’t look like a Christmas tree. It looks like crap. And, why would they use the word “gayer?”

    Nasty ad. I wouldn’t buy it.

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  • drattastic
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:20am

    News flash .I bet most gay people would prefer a traditional Christmas tree over that nightmare .

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  • LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:19am

    It’s the description I have a problem with, I’d fire the ad dept. What were they going for? Let’s see how many people we can insult, all that publicity will surely be good! Just ’cause you‘re Christian doesn’t mean you’re a hater, and just ’cause you‘re gay doesn’t mean you’re a tacky flamer. Clichéd OUT!

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    • bookofwisdom
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 11:20am

      Ludwika you are so right. Most of the gay people I know have exquisite taste and would never think of purchasing such an atrocity. I guess when people get desperate to sell something they will do anything. The tree reminds me of the silver Christmas tree my mother bought one year because it was cheaper than the green tree. It had a light that changed the tree to different colors (red, blue, green & clear) everyone really liked it, so who knows what people will buy, but please don’t target people you apparently know nothing about. By the way, I’m straight, but I love gays; most are loving, intelligent, talented people. May God Bless.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:04am

    i um am at a loss for words…….. really, do you really have to push the gay agenda this hard? next they are going to want rainbow uniforms in the service ………wait, not a good idea, they might stick out lol
    i presume the think tank/ design team for this company will be looking for new employees soon lol

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:04am

      I do find it interesting… the rainbow. It never hit me this way before, but maybe it is because it has now suddenly been attached to a symbol that has been identified with Christmas for so long. (Yes, I know it was originally a pagan symbol that was Chrisianized….but the pine tree does carry over with its symbolism.)

      The rainbow was the symbol that God gave to man after the Great Flood. God had just destroyed the earth because of all of the evil on the earth. He promised Noah that the rainbow would be the symbol of a promise to never again flood the entire earth. The homosexual movement has stolen this symbol of this promise of God’s mercy.

      Homosexuality is condemned in the bible as a sinful life style. Taking on the symbol of God‘s promise to support something that God in the bible condemns has sinful could almost be seen as a pretty bold stance by God’s people…. a sort of “in your face” statement to God that “You promised not to flood the earth again” . Of course the promise was only that he would not “flood” the whole world again. The promise said nothing about other actions by God when man displeases God.

      Perhaps we need to look at the “gay” rainbow with different eyes…eyes that remind us that God can be a wrathful God when man violates God’s law. Perhaps we need to see the “gay” rainbow, not as a statement of Gay pride, but as what God gave it to us for… a reminder of His power and yes, his wrath when man abandons God’s ways.

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    • Diogenes2912
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 2:44am

      staythecourse: I admire and agree with your response and reminder of God‘s wrath on humans that reject God’s ways. However, it is not homosexuality that is condemned in scripture. A close look at the Hebrew context and Greek in the New Testament clearly shows that sodomy is the real issue here, and that can be both heterosexual or homosexual (not to mention the fact that lesbianism is never discussed in scripture). English translations are misleading. I have studied Koine Greek and have done research and translation from Greek to English of these New Testament passages. Paul uses obscure language and not terminology typically associated with homosexuality in his time. It is clearly an act that is condemned, and for good reason (just look at the diseases caused by sodomy–if you want to get a little freaked out). It is the same reason many foods are forbidden in Leviticus. These days science is showing the potential dangers of consuming the foods forbidden in Leviticus. It’s really quite fascinating that these ancient people knew not to consume certain foods, which science shows to be unhealthy today. I’m a firm believer that God wants His people to be healthy and survive, which is why certain acts are forbidden in scripture and could be considered an “abomination.”

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  • vennoye
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:48am

    Sorry, these trees look like they should be brushes in a car wash.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:26am

      ha ha ha LOL

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    • felina g
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:31am

      What color balls should one select for such a tree?

      Are balls even appropriate here ? I am out of the loop.

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    • mamawalker
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:50am

      …lol thanks for these posts…laughter is great medicine and I’m still laughing!!!

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    • anadee
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 8:23am

      i agree….ditto hahahahahaha…..that was funneeeee…..lol laugh of the day…made my day…..

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  • Robert W
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:48am

    Disordered Christmas trees…whats next.

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  • CaptainSpaulding
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:41am

    Just what I’ve always wanted, a religious holiday with a political theme.

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  • fischema
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:39am

    I’m a gay man and even I believe that this is ridiculous. It’s disgusting to see these sorts of things in public and I find it demeaning as a human being, not to mention in poor taste as it relates to Christmas. The description for the tree is just terrible and I’d be ashamed if I had written that; it’s rife with tired stereotypes and negative comments. And what idiot in his right mind thinks a rainbow coloured tree is the way to go eh? If they’re attempting to target anyone with taste they appeared to have failed miserably.

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    • norway1516
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:45am

      yea I agree but no one has to buy the trees merely laugh at how awful they are.

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    • tmarends
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:54pm

      This gay man agrees… completely tasteless.

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  • cheezwhiz
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:38am

    Would it be okay to have billboards advertising rainbow hajibs for a “gayer” Ramadan?
    —————————-
    Here is a gay imam for
    gay ramadan

    http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/agayter150afagterroist500.jpg

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  • joseph Fawcett
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:34am

    Shameful, but that word no longer exists in this culture I am sorry to say.

    http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist.

    joseph Fawcett  
  • BetterDays
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:33am

    Oh my,doodness, I’m so gratefull that the “tree” is is no way related to Jesus Christ. OH did you forget why we celibrate Christ-mass?
    well i supose since we christians allowed someone to hijack a pagan fesstival to comerorate our LORDs birth day (only a few months off being acurate anyway), we can’t complain if a bunch of humans want to hijack the pagans tree.

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:47am

      Chill. You must be a blast at the company Christmas party.

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    • WISEPENNY
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:57am

      I agree. Let them have the pagan tree back. It’s quite appropriate. Can we just have the word “gay” back, though? I liked it when it still meant “happy”.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 4:28am

      @Betterdays

      Understood, Christ was born sometime in the late spring to early summer when the shepherds were in the fields.

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    • Diogenes2912
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 2:28am

      Good point Snowleopard! I’m glad there are those out there that are aware of the time frame of the shepherds in the fields. Yes, betterdays, early Christians did hijack a pagan holiday to commemorate the Lord’s birth as a form of Christian apologetics. After all, Jesus was the ultimate “Greek god”, since he changed water into wine (Dionysus), fed the 5,000 with bread (Demeter), and we celebrate his birth on December 25th (Asclepius AND Helios-both sons of God, “born” on December 25th). He also was killed and was raised from the dead (Dionysus-as well as celebrating his remembrance with wine and bread–Dionysus). Many Christian holidays are on dates that correspond to pagan holidays (some, of course, are related to Jewish holidays). To this day you can see ancient graffiti on the ruins of the temple of Asclepius in ancient Corinth that states “Asclepius heals the body, but Jesus heals the body and the soul” (written in Greek). So, although some may be upset about the “rainbow tree”, let’s remember that the tree also comes from a pagan festival celebrating new life (often in the form of sexual promiscuity and acts), and is not, in itself, Christian. Nonetheless, for those of us that are Christian, let us celebrate the dawn of salvation in the birth of the only hope for this world, and let those that mock us pave their way to judgment, as we will all face at the end of time.

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    • Jezreel
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:14pm

      I am glad that more people are aware of the true roots of Christmas. Christmas trees have nothing to do with Jesus and the gays can have the tree for all I care. Most people are unaware that the 3 wise men did not get to Jesus until he was around a year old and they came to Mary and the baby Jesus in the “house”, not the stable. The bible is very simple and clear about this. Even the nativity was portrayed incorrectly.

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  • SgtB
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:32am

    Damn, I got scooped. There goes the ellusive post #1

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    • Freedom1984
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 10:46am

      I know… you got slammed….when actually a ton of people post at the same time! (you had the right attitude… like “yeah… I was number one…but then it’s a pretty stupid story)…… I was almost going to post on the “blowing up the bridge story”…just because nobody posted…. but then I was like… what a dumb story…………………………….
      :) It’s people like Azkenreid who are complete dopes.

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  • thepatriotdave
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:29am

    At least they used the word “Christmas”.

    PatriotShops.com

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    • norway1516
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:43am

      lol I know what you mean it didnt burn their lips to say christmas tree lmao.

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  • SgtB
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:28am

    #1 ALL RIGHT, too bad it’s on the gay tree story =(

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    • azkenreid
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:01am

      What the hell is it with you retards trying to post first? It’s incredibly stupid.

       
    • NoName22
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 8:21am

      A classic story of “Tree Enterprise” =P

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    • SgtB
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 9:28am

      @ Azkenreid, You can shove it buddy! I just happened to read a story that didn’t yet have a comment and decided to write something. Anyone else who comments on a story, like yourself, is no different than I am in that respect. I am not one of those who continuously refreshes the blaze to catch new stories, it just happened. Get over yourself and your big head too!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 21, 2010 at 8:02am

      azkenreid…I know those people should get a life..some don‘t even post a comment just I’m first… like a bunch of kids..

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  • nsblues
    Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:25am

    Do I have a problem with them offering these trees? No. If they can make money off of them more power to them. Do I think they made a mistake with their marketing ploy? Yes. Seems tacky to me.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:00am

      Have an item for sale, and people willing to buy it = free market enterprise.

      Having trees for sale that look like something from an grafitti artist spraypaint convention = firewood.

      Both are very good ideas.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm

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    • askmieke
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 3:59am

      I guess it’s okay to say, “that’s so gay”. Great marketing of junk stuff…I have a clown wig like that for halloween

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    • RJGUSA
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:28am

      Yeah, I’m all for free enterprise too, but Rainbows which have been a beautiful phenomena since the beginning of time have been hijacked by the Gays. WTF? Next, they will be screaming that Santa is Gay & Mrs. Claus is trans-gender. Oh no, I hope I didn’t give them a new idea.
      Oh, and a rainbow tree? That’s gay, lol.

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    • Morningcrapper
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 6:23am

      I hear it comes with a condom…………..

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 6:30am

      This year it is gay activists’ turn to mock the Christmas tree . Obama did it last year.

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    • theaveng
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 8:32am

      Is there something wrong with being:

      (a) Gay
      (b) Christian
      (c) all of the above

      Do I have to limit myself to just (a) or (b). I’m not allowed to choose (c). The 9th and 10th Amendments of the constitution suggest I have the right to be both if that’s what I choose to do. Of course I’m Libertarian so I believe in MAXIMUM freedom whereas many of ye Republicans do not.
      .

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    • Shurmus
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 10:28am

      What will be happening under the mistletoe this year?

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    • pajamash
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 11:25am

      Don’t agree with it…then contact them at talk@treetopia.com

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    • Rogue
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 11:28am

      one word… fabulouth! (snap!)

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    • AmericanLass
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 1:03pm

      Agree. Go Capitalism. But yes very tacky.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:20pm

      Is is me or are those some UGLY tress?? I know gays they have better taste to buy these trees..LOL..Well if they can find a market more power to them.. it’s as bad as the UPSIDE DOWN TREE..and some people bought those..

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