Monday, April 16, 2012

Mistletoe

The mistletoe is a plant, a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Viscum album, with leathery leaves, yellowish flowers, and waxy white berries: grows as a partial parasite on various trees.


It is traditionally used as a Christmas decoration, the pieces of mistletoe are often hung from the ceiling or in a doorway at Christmastime, and according to tradition, if you stand with someone under a piece of mistletoe, you are supposed to kiss that person. 



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