Kissing under the mistletoe is an ancient tradition. These plants are partially parasitic because they live off of the trees in which they live. In ancient Scandinavia, if two enemies happened to meet under a mistletoe they had to leave their weapons on the ground for at least the night. The Greeks believed that it was a plant of fertility. In the 18th century a king made a kissing ball of mistletoe and said that if a girl was standing underneath it she couldn’t refuse a kiss. If you were not kissed underneath the mistletoe it meant you would be married in the next year. In some places they would burn the plant after 12 nights to make sure no more couples kissed under it and risked never getting married.
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