Don't Forget The Mischievous Mistletoe Kiss

Don’t Forget The Mischievous Mistletoe Kiss

What about the mistletoe kiss?

For our holiday parties we’ve always fastened a sprig of mistletoe in the doorways between the rooms we use during the party.

Would it be political incorrect suicide to hang mistletoe in the age of #MeToo?

–Allison, Brooklyn, NY

The tradition of the mistletoe kiss, where any man is allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath the mistletoe, stems from cultures that associated mistletoe with fertility and vitality.

If a woman is unwittingly caught standing under the mistletoe, ask before you kiss.

The superstition is that it is bad luck to refuse to be kissed while standing under the mistletoe.

When your mistletoe is live, and not plastic, with each kiss a berry is plucked from the mistletoe and when the mistletoe is bare of berries the kissing must stop.

~Didi

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