what started the kissing under mistletoe thing?

Question

lol... just wondering *smooches*

Answer 1

There are different theories:
1. It's of Nordic origin, and enemies were required to observe a day's truce if they met under mistletoe.
2. It's an Anglo-Saxon/Norse custom connected to Freya (or Frigga), goddess of love, beauty and fertility, with mistletoe being a symbol of love, and Freya bestowing a kiss upon anyone that passes below it, in gratitude for her son, Baldur, being brought back from the dead.
3 Mistletoe has long been regarded as an aphrodisiac and fertility herb, being used as a medicinal cure for impotence, and for enhancing fertility of livestock.
4. In ancient Assyria a single women would stand beneath mistletoe in the temple of the goddess of beauty and love, and bond with the first man who approached her.

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