The reason we kiss under mistletoe at Christmas is disgusting
Fun fact: The word mistletoe comes from two Anglo-Saxon words, “mistel”, which means dung, and “tan”, meaning stick.During the 18th and early 19th-century meaty mince pies were a Christmas status symbolThey had an oval shape to represent the manger of baby Jesus.Elaborate pies told the world you were rich. They got sweeter over time.Christmas trees only became popular in the UK in the late 1840s and they then sat on tables.Presents began as a way to remind us of the nativity’s three wise men.
He realised that sending cards at Christmas could bring in more revenue for the postal service as people could send multiple greetings.Why do we put up Christmas lights?Edward Johnson, an engineer and vice president of the Edison Electric Light Company, unveiled the first electric tree lights in 1882 in New York. The lights display in London’s Piccadilly Circus first went up in 1922.
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