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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 ==
* 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, [[
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== Film ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]'', Batman and Catwoman have an exchange about it in battle. The Ironic Echo happens when they actually encounter mistletoe at a Christmas party as Bruce and Selina.
* ''[[Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: The Movie''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is part of the "[[You Mean "Xmas"|Winter Veil]]" holiday in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
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