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[[File:CandaceJeremyMistletoe-cropped 8419.jpg|link=Phineas and Ferb|frame|Looks like Candace is getting ''her'' Christmas wish.<ref>[[Fridge Logic|Hang on]], that's ''holly''.</ref>]]
{{quote|''Ho-ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see,
''Somebody waits for you, kiss her once for me''
|'''Burl Ives'''|"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", featured in ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''}}
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that grows on trees. In some cultures, it's traditional to hang it up somewhere at parties, with the additional custom that if two people meet under it, they ought to kiss. Naturally, this produces some good opportunities for writers. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity may well ensue]] as the wrong people are caught
Mistletoe came to people's attention because it's evergreen and produces berries in winter, and is often one of the only green things in a winter forest. It comes up a lot in mythology - Greeks liked it, the Norse god Balder was killed by it, druids regard it as a symbol of immortality, and an old Christian story holds that Christ's cross was made of mistletoe, and after the Crucifixion all the mistletoe trees shriveled up. But the tradition everyone thinks of is originally Scandanavian - if two people are under a sprig of mistletoe, they must kiss. This was first a tradition that if two armies in a forest saw mistletoe growing, they stopped fighting for a night.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used to wonderful effect in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, but Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues. (Suffice to say, [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] are [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Poké]][[Shipper on Deck|shippers]].)
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