it's an way old tradition

[nickel]

but have you ever kissed someone under a mistletoe? i was thinking of hunting down some and taking it to a Christmas party for the hellavit, and the funofit. :)

http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsNov/mistletoe.jpg

[topane]

In high school I had one of those mistletoe headbands I wore around at Christmastime.

[Merlin]

I've never seen it. I think it is just a fable from a time long past. Too bad.

But here is one for ya... :kiss:

[zenbooty]

I've seen it hung up at parties. I think carrying it around would be kinda tacky, though. A cry for attention. But I'm the kinda guy who really hates being put on the spot by other people.


Attention seeker: "Look! I'm standing under the mistletoe!"

Crowd (cause there's always a crowd to laugh at the spectacle): "Go on! Go on!"

Me: "**** y'all, I'm going home."

:P

[caribiner23]

Absolutely. I always have a sprig nearby this time of year. :eyebrow:

[nickel]

Originally posted by Merlin
I've never seen it. I think it is just a fable from a time long past. Too bad.

But here is one for ya... :kiss:
it's not a fable :P

and i'll see your :kiss: and raise you one :kiss:

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Originally posted by zenbooty
I've seen it hung up at parties. I think carrying it around would be kinda tacky, though. A cry for attention. But I'm the kinda guy who really hates being put on the spot by other people.


Attention seeker: "Look! I'm standing under the mistletoe!"

Crowd (cause there's always a crowd to laugh at the spectacle): "Go on! Go on!"

Me: "**** y'all, I'm going home."

:P
these boxers are just for you then zen :D

http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsDec/mistlebox.jpg

[whitak24]

i've kissed my GF under the mistletoe. her mom always hangs it right over the front door, so when you walk in..... :kiss: :)

there's a perfect far-side cartoon for this, btw, but i don't have a copy of it :(

[cheapchinese]

what is the story behindthe mistletoe??

i know what we're suppose to do, but for what reason?

been kiss under the mistletoe before... it was kinda weird to be kissed in the 5th grade though

[caribiner23]

L i n k e n a t o r (http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/history/mistletoe.htm)



Kissing under the mistletoe is first found associated with the Greek festival of Saturnalia and later with primitive marriage rites. They probably originated from two beliefs. One belief was that it has power to bestow fertility. It was also believed that the dung from which the mistletoe would also possess "life-giving" power. In Scandinavia, mistletoe was considered a plant of peace, under which enemies could declare a truce or warring spouses kiss and make-up. Later, the eighteenth-century English credited with a certain magical appeal called a kissing ball. At Christmas time a young lady standing under a ball of mistletoe, brightly trimmed with evergreens, ribbons, and ornaments, cannot refuse to be kissed. Such a kiss could mean deep romance or lasting friendship and goodwill. If the girl remained unkissed, she cannot expect not to marry the following year. In some parts of England the Christmas mistletoe is burned on the twelfth night lest all the boys and girls who have kissed under it never marry. Whether we believe it or not, it always makes for fun and frolic at Christmas celebrations. Even if the pagan significance has been long forgotten, the custom of exchanging a kiss under the mistletoe can still be found in many European countries as well as in Canada. Thus if a couple in love exchanges a kiss under the mistletoe, it is interpreted as a promise to marry, as well as a prediction of happiness and long life. In France, the custom linked to mistletoe was reserved for New Year's Day: "Au gui l'An neuf" (Mistletoe for the New Year). Today, kisses can be exchanged under the mistletoe any time during the holiday season.

...and my favorite bit of the whole thing:


For its supposedly mystical power mistletoe has long been at the center of many folklore. One is associated with the Goddess Frigga. The story goes that Mistletoe was the sacred plant of Frigga, goddess of love and the mother of Balder, the god of the summer sun.


"Goddess Frigga" indeed.

:kiss:

[nickel]

Originally posted by chosenfool
my exGF sent me a boxer shorts for xmas 3 yrs ago, and it had a mistletoe pinned in front of it.
did she kiss it?

[chrissy]

I think I remember talking about this last year too! We all searched for whys and orgins of the tradition.

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52307