Under the Mistletoe

What a wonderful time of year
to let you know I love you dear!

All I want to do is hold you near
as we bring in the brand New Year!!

So let me share with you this kiss
For we could surely never miss!

For as much as I know you truly care
The world knows we are the perfect pair!

mistletoe
common name for the Loranthaceae, a family of chiefly tropical parasitic herbs and shrubs with leathery leaves and waxy white berries. Mistletoes, aerial hemiparasites with green leaves that carry out PHOTOSYNTHESIS, attach themselves to their hosts by modified roots called haustoria. They are widely associated with folklore and are used as Christmas decorations. The mistletoe commonly sold in the U.S. is Phoradendron flavescens; most popular in Europe is the true mistletoe (Viscum album).

Kissing under the mistletoe is first found associated with )the Greek festival of Saturnalia) and later with primitive marriage rites. Mistletoe was believed to have the power of bestowing fertility, and the dung from which the mistletoe was thought to arise was also said to have "life-giving" power.

In Scandinavia, mistletoe was considered a plant of peace, under which enemies could declare a truce or warring spouses kiss and make-up.

In some parts of England the Christmas mistletoe is burned on the twelfth night lest all the boys and girls who have kissed under it never marry.

And for those who wish to observe the correct etiquette: a man should pluck a berry when he kisses a woman under the mistletoe, and when the last berry is gone, there should be no more kissing!

Well ... ENJOY the Holiday Season !!!
Wish you all love, peace, joy, and happiness!!

  MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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