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Long before the kissing tradition started, mistletoe was regarded as a magical plant. After all, this seemingly rootless plant thrived in the treetops even during harsh winters when other plants ...
This quirky Christmas tradition has a very interesting origin story, so read up before you pucker up this holiday season! Why Do We Kiss Under the Mistletoe? All About the Romantic Christmas Tradition
It is a Christmas custom for a couple who meet under a mistletoe to kiss. Mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration, though such use was rarely alluded to until the 18th century. [12] The tradition has spread throughout the English-speaking world but is largely unknown in the rest of Europe.
When did standing under mistletoe become a directive to pucker up?
Mistletoe is a Christmas plant whose origin is said to date back to the Pagans. Druid priests used this Christmas plant two hundred years before the birth of Christ in their winter celebrations. A more modern tradition is to exchange kisses under a sprig of mistletoe.
European mistletoe (Viscum album) attached to a dormant common aspen (Populus tremula) Mistletoe in an apple tree. Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the ...
The link between mistletoe and fertility persists to this day in Britain in the tradition of kissing underneath bunches of mistletoe at Christmas. In the early 19th century, it was traditional for each man who kissed under the mistletoe to remove one berry. Once all the berries are gone, so is the potency.
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