Christmas Mistletoe -- A Delicious Recipe for a Holiday Tradition
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It's a Christmas tradition -- Kissing under the Mistletoe just in case you didn't know!
Growing up in our household, Christmas was a favorite time of year. A childhood tradition was to first find the perfect tree. Our living room had the perfect picture window for showcasing our decorated tree. Last, but not least ... came the hanging of the mistletoe. Hmmm, wasn't it funny that as a kid, you made a point NEVER to be caught "under the mistletoe?" As adults, we probably look for the Christmas Mistletoe!

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It's a delicious recipe for a holiday tradition!
Ah, it's an under the Xmas Mistletoe Kiss

Ah, a under the mistletoe kiss with Mr. Fox and Mrs. PB. This cute kiss captured by Tommy.Toast.
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ... Underneath the Mistletoe lyrics
Jessica Simpson version


I Saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus,
underneath that mistletoe last night
didn't see me creep,
down stairs to have a peek!
She thought that i was tucked up
in my bedroom fast asleep.
Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus,
underneath his beard so snowy white!
Oh, what a laugh it would have been,
If Daddy had only seen,
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night!
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus,
underneath the misletoe last night!
She didn't see me creep,
down stairs to have a peek!
She thought that i was tucked up
in my bedroom fast asleep!
Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus,
underneath his beard so snowy white!
What a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen,
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night,
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night!!!

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus music
Under the Mistletoe -- A Xmas Holiday Tradition


Nowadays, mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration, though allusions to mistletoe as a Christmas green are rare into the eighteenth century. Viscum album is used in Europe whereas Phoradendron serotinum is used in North America. According to a custom of Christmas cheer, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss. The custom is English, rather than Scandinavian in origin.
According to custom, the mistletoe must not touch the ground between its cutting and its removal as the last of Christmas greens at Candlemas; mistletoe might remain hung through the year, often to preserve the house from lightning or fire, until it was replaced the following Christmas Eve. The tradition has spread throughout the English-speaking world but is largely unknown in the rest of Europe.
In previous times the tradition was that the couple took away a fruit each time until they were all used up and at this point the mistletoe lost its vitality. The appearance and nature of the fruit's content (viscin) is very similar or suggestive of human semen and this has strengthened its pagan connections.
Using the mistletoe to kiss under has even become incorporated into various holiday songs.
--Photo Credit: How Stuff Works.

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What is Christmas?
Christmas (), also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.Christmas, Merriam-Webster. Retrieved October 6, 2008."Christmas," MSN Encarta. Retrieved October 6, 2008."Christmas", The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini system of dating, is thought to have occurred bet...
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What is Mistletoe -- Mistletoe FAQs
Mistletoe is the common name for a group of hemi-parasitic plants in the order Santalales that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub. Parasitism evolved only nine times in the plant kingdom;Job Kuijt, Biology of Parasitic Flowering Flants (University of California) 1969. of those, the parasitic mistletoe habit has evolved independently five times: Misodendraceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae (formerly considered the separate family Eremolepidaceae), and Santalaceae (formerly treated as the separate family Viscaceae). Although Viscaceae and Eremolepidaceae were placed in a broadly-defined Santalaceae by Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2, DNA data indicates that they evolved independently.
The word 'mistletoe' is of uncertain etymology; it may be related to German Mist, for dung and Tang for branch, since mistletoe can be spread in the feces of birds moving from tree to tree. However, Old English mistel was also used for basil.
European mistletoe, Viscum album, is a poisonous plant that causes acute gastrointestinal problems including stomach pain, and diarrhea along with low pulse.
Mistletoe -- Did you know?
- Mistletoe is being studied as a potential treatment for tumors. Although such use is not yet permitted in the U.S., mistletoe is prescribed in Europe.
- Mistletoe figured prominently in Norse mythology: the god Baldur was killed with a weapon made of mistletoe.
- The fruits of many mistletoes are poisonous if ingested, as they contain viscotoxins.
- In Romanian traditions, mistletoe is considered a source of good fortune.
- Mistletoe has sometimes been nicknamed the vampire plant because it can probe beneath the tree bark to drain water and minerals, enabling it to survive during a drought.
- Mistletoe is the state floral emblem for the State of Oklahoma.
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant
Category: File - :Cuscuta parasite plant.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Cuscuta Parasite Plant
A parasitic plant is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of flowering plants are known.Nickrent, D. L. and Musselman, L. J. 2004. Introduction to Parasitic Flowering Plants. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2004-0330-01 [http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/PathogenGroups/Parasiticplants/] Parasitic plants have a modified root, the haustorium, that penetrates the host plant and...
Mistletoe is in the Order Santalales
Santalales is an order of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions.
Most have seeds without a testa, which is unusual for flowering plants. Many of the members of the order are parasitic plants, mostly hemi-parasites, able to produce sugars through photosynthesis, but tapping the stems or roots of other plants to obtain water and minerals; some (e.g. Arceuthobium) are obligate parasites, have low concentrations of chlorophyll within their shoots (1/5 to 1/10 of that found in their host's foliage)...
Mistletoe is also a Keystone Species
A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionate effect on its environment relative to its abundance. Such species affect many other organisms in an ecosystem and help to determine the types and numbers of various others species in a community.
Such an organism plays a role in its ecosystem that is analogous to the role of a keystone in an arch. While the keystone feels the least pressure of any of the stones in an arch, the arch still collapses without it. Similarly, an ecosystem may experience a dramatic shift if a keystone species is removed, even though that species was a small part of the ecosystem by measures of biomass or productivity. It has become a very popular concept in conservation biology.
A keystone species is a species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community and whose impact on the community is greater than would be expected based on its relative abundance or total biomass.
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