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November 13, 2017

OMG: We’ve Found The Perfect Christmas Tree For Cape Town’s Hipsters

This year, instead of going for the biggest, branchiest pine tree, you might want to tone things down a bit when choosing your Christmas tree.

Sure, we love throwing a few digs at the local hipsters, but this one is a little ridiculous.

Once upon a time, pineapples were all the rage.

There were a few people, with the help of the pineapple emoji, who made sure that the tropical fruit was everywhere.

Well, it seems that pineapples didn’t get enough time in the sun, and thus they are out to replace the traditional Christmas tree this year.

And we wonder why the older generations are adamant that Millennials are ruining everything.

Although the trend started a few years ago, and gained some momentum last year, it’s predicted that 2017 will be the year the pineapple will shine as searches for “pineapple Christmas trees” have increased on Pinterest.

Here are just a few ideas you might come across if you do the same:

Yeah, not too sure what’s up with the sunglasses either.

If none of those do anything for you, there’s always this subtle alternative:

Or you can just leave the pineapple for the actual meal.

[source:mashable]