Sellers today feel more in need of a miracle than ever when trying to sell their homes. A plastic St. Joseph statue is the "miracle magnet" of choice for many.
The custom of burying a St. Joseph statue when trying to sell a home dates back to at least 1984 in the U.S. but it gained more popularity in 1990's when Realtors started buying mass quantities of the plastic saint, giving instructions to sellers to bury the little guy (can I call a Saint a "little guy"...hmmm maybe not) upside down in the front yard facing away from the home. I guess burying St. Joseph upside down makes him all the more desperate to get out of the dirt and back into the home? I'm not sure.
Why St. Joseph? Why not St. Jude, the Patron Saint of Desperate Causes? Or, St. Isadore of Seville, the Patron Saint of the Internet (did you know there was a Patron Saint of the Internet?)
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