Where did the tradition of hanging mistletoe at Christmas come from?
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A whole chapter is dedicated to it in Legends and Lore of Texas Wildflowers
By Elizabeth Silverthorne:
http://books.google.com/books?id=w_hKCayJzOoC&pg=PA99
According to the book above, English boys hung it over doorways and kissed girls who walked under it. Charles Dickens put this in the book the Pickwick Papers and it took off from there.
The Handy-book of Literary Curiosities has a similar story:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hrJkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA732
Wikipedia claims the tradition is "Scandinavian in origin."
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All parts of the mistletoe plant are poisonous, especially the leaves, but it has also been used in cancer research and medication for several years.
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