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  • Merry mistletoe
    Why Do People Kiss Under the Mistletoe?

    …from an English comic opera, Two to One, published in 1784, which mentions three men kissing a young woman beneath the mistletoe. By the early 19th century, the custom reached the United States. American author Washington Irving mentioned it in The Sketch Book in about 1820. As he described, the…

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    …from an English comic opera, Two to One, published in 1784, which mentions three men kissing a young woman beneath the mistletoe. By the early 19th century, the custom reached the United States. American author Washington Irving mentioned it in The Sketch Book in about 1820. As he described, the…

    Read More