I love the legend. We had an article in our newspaper last week all about mistletoe. The legend was the best part. You learn something new every day, don't you? i didn't know there were so many different species.
We have it growing in an elm tree at the lake. I had planned to go up there and harvest some. We have homeless guys on every street corner where there's a looooong light (they're smart enough to know we're a captive audience). I thought it would be a Christmasy gesture to bring home mistletoe and cut it into little hanging pieces with red ribbon. 'Give it to the street guys to "give" to people as they wait in long line at the lights. At least they'd be giving something to the drivers, and it might make the drivers want to give them something back. Maybe next year. It's been raining too much to get anything done here...but I'm not complaining!
Enjoyed your article!
