The Revived Mistletoe Thread by CallMeSerenity

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The Revived Mistletoe Thread

POSTED BY: CALLMESERENITY
UPDATED: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:17
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 2:38 AM

I've gone searching and I can't find last year's wonderful thread of kissy goodness, so I'm starting a new one.

This is how it works: I'm hanging a spring of mistletoe........HERE. No..over here's better.

Okay, right there! Yes, that's good.

And so when you arrive, you kiss the person who posted above you. And then the next person who posts will kiss you.

This is all in good fun and holiday cheer. Let's not get TOO carried away.

So, happy holidays to everyone! Let the smoochfest begin!

Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 2:56 AM

PENGUIN

*gives callmeserenity a peck on the cheek*

Merry Christmas!

I have my own mistletoe!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 3:17 AM

COZEN

Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
kissy goodness

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( http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=8261)

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 4:52 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Oh genius you!

How did you find it?

I googled "The Mistletoe Thread" and the only thing that came up with TRM's Complete Guide to the SereniTREE.

You deserve two

es for that!

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 4:52 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Quote:
Originally posted by Penguin:
*gives callmeserenity a peck on the cheek* Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Penguin!!

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:55 AM

TRISTAN

Ooh, mistletoe!

Happy Holidays, Serenity!

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 7:25 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Happy Holidays, Tristan!

Now go forth and make with the Merry, gorramnit.

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 11:30 AM

MRT

Hi Mavourneen,

Have a great Christmas!

MrT

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:13 PM

THEREALME

Serenity!

Actually, if you had looked in my Guide to the Sereni-Tree thread, you would have found the link to the original mistletoe thread.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:23 PM

, TRM.

Wondered what this thread was about.

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:37 PM

THEREALME

Hello, 13!

Hey, are you planning to return to the Sereni-Tree threads?

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:52 PM

Gnack! (new word, BTW) I'd better get on that!

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 7:01 PM

THEREALME

Well, if you like. Don't feel pressured or anything. But I'd like to see you back, myself.

A lot is going on. The keep of the Octagonal Order is under siege by Immortals and their armies. Also, one of the Knights of the Octagon has been made super-powerful, and this may have been a bad idea...

And we are looking for the Immortals' soul jars in order to strike back at them.

I've had Sir Will in charge of some archers trying to repel the besiegers from getting up on the walls.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

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Friday, December 8, 2006 3:48 AM

SERYN

The mistletoe kissing thread -

SINCE YOUR LAST VIEW:
MrT 12/7/2006 21:30
TheRealMe 12/8/2006 04:13
13 12/8/2006 04:23
TheRealMe 12/8/2006 04:37
13 12/8/2006 04:52
TheRealMe 12/8/2006 05:01

*cough* *raises eyeborw* Oh aye?

Well, snogs for everyone here

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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Friday, December 8, 2006 3:53 AM

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Kisses back, Seryn!

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Friday, December 8, 2006 3:58 AM

SOULOFSERENITY

The Man They Call Soul...

Kisses, Hippie!!!

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Friday, December 8, 2006 4:38 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Caught you, Soul!

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Saturday, December 9, 2006 2:34 PM

CALLMESERENITY

*bump*

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Saturday, December 9, 2006 3:03 PM

JOSSISAGOD

JIAG, stumbles in and gives CallMeSerenity, a friendly smooch on the cheek

Fe'nos Tol
JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

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Saturday, December 9, 2006 5:49 PM

PENGUIN

Cozen...a couple of "cleaned up" versions of your signature...

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:00 AM

SIMONWHO

Aha!

*smooches all around*

Kissing under mistletoe... what a brilliant idea. Somebody thought of that and someone believed and looks what it's done so far.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:59 PM

CALLMESERENITY

es to SimonWho for thinking up the idea in the first place!!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:21 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Kisses to everyone above me.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:26 PM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

And a nice hoilday

to you too VE !

Bryce
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:31 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Is misteltoe Pagan? Oh well...

LA!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:43 PM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

Probably has been stolen from us somewhre in history.

And a Yule

for you !

Brye
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:04 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Happy Holidays, PR and LA.

Since you asked:
"There are a lot of myths surrounding mistletoe. Vikings dating back to the eighth century believed that mistletoe had the power to raise humans from the dead, relating to the resurrection of Balder, the god of the summer sun.

"Balder had a dream that he was going to die. His mother, Frigga, the goddess of love and beauty, was frantic about his dream and said that if he died, everything on Earth would die. To ensure her son's safety, Frigga went to all of the elements -- air, fire, water and earth, as well as to all of the animals and plants -- and asked them not to kill Balder. In the same way a child would be heckled these days if his mother asked kids not to pick on her child, Balder was teased and had things thrown at him. It was thought that, because of his mother's power, he was immune to harm.

"Balder's only enemy, Loki, found a loophole in Frigga's request for her son's safety -- mistletoe. Mistletoe grows on the tree it attaches itself to, and therefore has no roots of its own and could not be affected by Frigga's request. Loki made a poisoned dart with mistletoe, and tricked the blind brother of Balder, Hoder, into shooting the arrow that killed Balder.

"For three days, all the elements tried their hardest to bring Balder back to life, but failed. Finally, the tears that Frigga cried for her dead son changed the red mistletoe berries to white, raising Balder from the dead. Frigga then reversed mistletoe's bad reputation, and kissed everyone who walked underneath it out of gratitude for getting her son back.

"The Miracle Worker
"Another myth in mistletoe's past comes from Britain. In the first century, the Druids in Britain believed that mistletoe could perform miracles, from providing fertility to humans and animals to healing diseases and protecting people from witchcraft.

"The Druids would cut mistletoe off oak trees in a special ceremony five days after the new moon following the winter solstice. The Druids believed that the mistletoe would become contaminated if it touched the ground, so they used a special white cloth to catch it. The Druids then sacrificed two white bulls while prayers were said, and priests gave out the mistletoe sprigs to the people, who believed they would then be kept safe from evil spirits and storms.

"Mistletoe is also said to be a sexual symbol, because of the consistency and color of the berry juice. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe could have come from either the Viking association of the plant with Frigga, the goddess of love, or from the ancient belief that mistletoe was related to fertility.

"The correct mistletoe etiquette is for the man to remove one berry when he kisses a woman. When all the berries are gone, there is no more kissing underneath that plant. It is believed that an unmarried woman not kissed under the mistletoe will remain single for another year."

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:09 PM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

Wow ,good myth !
I just ( before reading this ) sent some of what you wrote to PR in the Pub.See great minds think alike !
I knew it seemed Pagan .

bryce
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:31 PM

COZEN

Um... yeah. Maybe this Xmas/mistletoe thing is a myth, but it's a gorram good one.

, just cuz. Happy Holidaying good Browncoat folk!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:33 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Huh, I never knew that myth about mistletoe..thanks for posting that! Oh, and

!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:57 PM

DERANGEDMILK

Hey there asortafiarytale

-e

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Monday, December 11, 2006 3:29 AM

CALLMESERENITY

to derangedmilk!

Happy Christmas!

and

to cozen, cuz I can.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 4:12 AM

COSMICFUGITIVE

es Serenity. Merry Christmas!

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Monday, December 11, 2006 10:26 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Happy Holidays, CosmicFugitive.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:30 AM

HOBBLEIT

Merry Christmas VerseExplorer

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:44 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Merry Christmas, Hobbleit!

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:43 AM

SAFEAT2ND

Ok, while I have 2 seconds of free time to myself..

*hugs* and

's for Serenity & Seryn and warm manly like claps-on-the-back for Soul, TRM and Cos.

And for all whom I've yet to meet or have met in passing, A very Merry Christmas to you too!

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:26 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

's for all you guys
You all are the shiniest people in the 'Verse! Merry Christmas! *hugs*

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:56 AM

CALLMESERENITY

for asortafairytale!

Merry Christmas!

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:11 AM

TRISTAN

for Serenity!

Happy Holidays! (again!)

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:17 AM

MAI

CMS! and *squidges too :)

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:19 AM

MAI

Darn, Tristan you must have snuck in right before me. Ah well, just means another

to give away for you. :) Happy Christmas!

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:22 AM

CALLMESERENITY

es and *squidges* for both of you!!!

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:23 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

's ....and what is a squidge?

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:33 PM

MAI

I'm not sure if I can tell you about the squidge. It's fairly top secret info.

Simply put a squidge is a hug with super extra squishiness.

*Squidges asortafairytale. See? Wasn't that better than a boring, plain old hug?

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:55 PM

MCQ

es Mai on the cheek - Merry Christmas! (gee, nice thread going here - I'm feelin' the love!)

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Court Jester of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Thursday, December 14, 2006 7:26 AM

CALLMESERENITY

McQ!

Happy Christmas!

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Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:47 AM

SIGMANUNKI

CallMeSerenity!

Happy Yule!

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Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:11 PM

HOBBLEIT

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Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:17 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

's Hobbleit
And here's some Christmas cheer too! *throws it out*

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