{"id":590,"date":"2008-12-23T10:06:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T10:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/12\/who-invented-kissing-under-mis.html"},"modified":"2008-12-23T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T10:06:24","slug":"who-invented-kissing-under-mis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/12\/who-invented-kissing-under-mis.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Invented Kissing Under Misteltoe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to our Beliefnet’s “Where Did Christmas Customs Come From?”<\/a> feature…<\/p>\n

“In medieval times, women wrapped mistletoe around their waist and wrists to boost their chances of conceiving. Mistletoe’s reputation as a magical life force arose from the fact that the plant, which grows at the top of apple trees, is able to live through the harshest of winters and still produce fruit”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to our Beliefnet’s “Where Did Christmas Customs Come From?” feature… “In medieval times, women wrapped mistletoe around their waist and wrists to boost their chances of conceiving. Mistletoe’s reputation as a magical life force arose from the fact that the plant, which grows at the top of apple trees, is able to live through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWho Invented Kissing Under Misteltoe? - Steven Waldman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/12\/who-invented-kissing-under-mis.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Invented Kissing Under Misteltoe? - Steven Waldman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to our Beliefnet’s “Where Did Christmas Customs Come From?” feature… “In medieval times, women wrapped mistletoe around their waist and wrists to boost their chances of conceiving. 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