Show WHY THE CHRISTMAS KISSES osculation allowed by custom cele brates one of most moat charming events event in tradition UY should men kiss girls who ul stand onder cinder mistletoe because they like it and because custom allows it every kiss under the mistletoe however ts Is a kiss which celebrates one of the most charming elm nning events in christmas tradition the romance goes back to the days of the he gods of scandinavia when baldur the beautiful was shot by locke the spirit of evil with an arrow of mistletoe but hla his mother vanus of the north restored him to life by saluting with kisses nil all who passed beneath a branch held aloft in her hand thus it became an emblem of love and happy celebration ancient races held field tho the plant in great veneration par ticul arly the druids druies who ho went in procession into tho the forests to collect it after new years day it was di distributed 4 tributes tri buted d among the people as a sacred and holy plant if any port part of the tha touched the ground it was wan re garIM as an omen omen of impending evil |