Damien Hirst’s incongruously decorated tree has upset some London residents. Tell us the most unconventional thing you’ve ever done to celebrate ChristmasA Damien Hirst-designed Christmas tree has been raising eyebrows in Mayfair this week,as residents deemed its decorations “insensitive”. The tree, which was commissioned by the Connaught hotel and is near a church and a homeless shelter, and is festooned with pill bottles,scissors and syringes, not to mention strings of sausages. Not the most festive of themes, and at least according to some.“The tone of some of the decorations and objects on the tree [syringes etc] and the sexual connotations of some of them is inappropriate and culturally insensitive,” one neighbour told the Daily Mail, presumably referring to the sausage decorations. “The whole thing seems to bear been done in a thoughtless manner.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com