Mistletoe Used As a Christmas Decoration is a Parasite By Alice Gines

Mistletoe is commonly used as Christmas decorations We all know Kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas. According to custom Christmas, two people who meet under the mistletoe hanging are required to kiss. The custom is of Scandinavian origin.

Shakespeare called "The disastrous Gui" in reference to the Scandinavian legend, that Balder, the god of peace, was killed by an arrow of mistletoe was restored to life, at the request of other gods and goddesses. Mistletoe has been given to be kept by the goddess of love, and he was ordained a priest in Olympus that all those who have passed under it should receive a kiss, to show that the branch was the emblem of love, not death.

The custom has been incorporated into various holiday songs. See if you can recognize any ...

*** The 1943 song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" tells the story of a lonely traveler eager to get home and see, among other things, mistletoe.

*** Mistletoe is mentioned in the song "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" ( "The Christmas Song"), made famous by Nat King Cole, and written by Mel Tormé.

*** The song "A Holly Jolly Christmas" sung by Burl Ives, and used for the TV movie "Rudolph the red nose reindeer," the characteristics of the line, "Ho Ho, the mistletoe" and the "l 'embrace once for me. "

*** In 1961, singer Aretha Franklin released a Christmas song called "Kissin 'by the mistletoe."

*** In 1971, singer Lynn Anderson recorded the song "Mr. Gui" on her album The Christmas holidays Album. The song speaks of an elf who hangs Mistletoe in homes so that people can "steal a kiss someone they know. "

*** In 2001, Barbra Streisand has released the song "It must have been the mistletoe."

*** "Rocking around the Christmas tree" also refers to "mistletoe hung where you can see, every couple tries to stop."

And this child very popular Christmas song the first line is, "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus" under the mistletoe last night. I'm sure we've all heard and we sang.

Mistletoe was often considered a pest that destroyed trees and devalues natural habitats, but has recently been recognized as a keystone species ecological, an organization that has a disproportionate influence on his community. A wide variety of animals depend on mistletoe for food, consumption of leaves and young shoots, pollen transfer between plants and seed dispersal sticky.

So rather than being a parasite, mistletoe can have a positive effect on biodiversity, providing high quality food and habitat for a wide variety of animals in forests and woodlands in the world wide. (But I would not feed your pet.)

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