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Adam’s mistletoe

A Natural History of Christmas Part 2: Underneath the mistletoe…..

Christmas trees, carol singing, Christmas stockings – many Northern Hemisphere Christmas traditions have been brought to New Zealand. One that we haven’t ’embraced’ is kissing under the mistletoe. I wonder why not? Is it because of our reserved kiwi natures or is it our mistletoes…….? There are around 1300 species ofRead more

2014-12-14
By: Lara Shepherd
On: 14 Dec 2014
In: History, Science

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