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sleep on the strangest, most wonderful night of the''year.
Old Legends About
Mistletoe There’s more to mistletoe than just its reputation as “the kissing plant.” Everyone knows, of course, that, for some reason no one is quite sure about, it’s permissable for a boy to kiss the young lady standing beneath the mistletoe.
Perhaps the reason that most young ladies do not object to paying the penalty for standing beneath the mistletoe stems from an ancient superstition-that the maiden who was not kissed at least one time at Christmas would not be married in the following year. In olden times, a berry was plucked from the mistletoe with each kiss.
Mistletoe was believed to be a gift of the gods because birds could be seen carrying it to earth in their beaks. This Christmas greenery, whose white berriees signified Chrfct’s pure life, has always been a sign of peace and hope.
Roman soldiers, meeting enemy armies under mistletoe, lay down their weapons and declared a truce
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