For those of you unfamiliar with the mistletoe custom, this is how Wikipedia describes it:
According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss. The custom may be of Scandinavian origin. It was described in 1820 by American author Washington Irving in his "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon":
"The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush. When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases."
Today, a sprig may be hung under a door at a party and if you are noticed under it, the person can kiss you! All in good fun.
13 comments:
Nice! Very nice! I have never been kissed under a mistletoe. Don't know if I even stood under one. Lol.
aahhhhh! beautiful Christine:))) I love it:))
Nice to hear the story of "Mistletoe". What a wonderful silhouette! A beautiful rendition.
smoooooch! love the black and white silouhettes and the pop of green!
Love your kiss picture! Valerie
Mysterious, love how it's in b&w then the mistletoe in colour
Since 1820? Wow, how fun. I love old traditions like that. Didn't know about plucking the berries, though! Your drawing is lovely!
Never did know of that story about picking the berries. Great drawing.
QMM
And, you know, my mother did just that at parties hosted at our home during Christmas. She never missed one kiss to whoever was coming in. It was funny to watch her being so happy adn social.
anyway, this is almost brooding. Gets my heart racing a bit more. LOL. Well done! TY, Chrsitine. :)
Romantic! Plucking the berries...very interesting. I have not heard that before.
Great post. I did not know about plucking the berries. I guess they looked for one with lots of them LOL
Love the painting!
You know what? I don't believe I've ever seen mistletoe hung up in anybody's house. What fun!
Now that is a clever idea with the silloletts... Very romantic. Black and white and color...nice!
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