NostraDavid

toppled top figures

Who? I know of one guy from the UK - Peter Mandelson, as named in the article and summary. Who else?

edit: Have the Norwegian Royals been kicked yet?

edit: Oh, I forgot about Prince Andrew!

edit: Was that it?

I’m not comparing actual tradition (setting up the Christmas tree to celebrate the passing of the shortest night) with a made up story.

Tradition is innovation that survived long enough to stop being questioned.

or

Tradition is a solution that forgot the problem it solved.

Yours feel unnecessarily disrespectful.