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Ornament Of The Month Club-June-Mistletoe

Kissing under the mistletoe is part of Christmas. But where did the tradition come from?
The old Christmas custom is that a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.
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According to Wikipedia, the custom may be of Scandinavian origin. “It was alluded to as common practice in 1808 and described in 1820 by American author Washington Irving in his The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.:
     The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas,
     and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it,
      plucking each time a berry from the bush.
     When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases.”

I never knew that last bit about plucking the berries!

Keep the tradition alive!  Here is the Mistletoe PDF…

Ornament of the Month June Mistletoe

And here is  our Ornament of the Month Archive.

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Again here is the Mistletoe PDF…

Ornament of the Month June Mistletoe

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