What is in a title?

The titles we choose can say something about the author, mine has a bit of a double meaning. My dear friend and fellow blogger has tons to do with my blogs name and its inspiration as she is quite a word smith. The deeper meaning is my reason for being here ~ my mother.

Kissing under the mistletoe ~ fitting as the season is upon us. Kissing under the mistletoe derives from Norse myths. It is the plant of peace in Scandinavian antiquity, if enemies met by chance beneath mistletoe in the forest, they laid down their arms and maintained a truce until the next day.

Mistletoe has long been regarded as an aphrodisiac and fertility herb. It also bears fruit at the time of the winter solstice, the birth of the New Year.

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