Do you use poinsettias as a part of your Christmas decorations?
These poinsettias greet people when they arrive at my house
Fake because I kill all live plants with my black thumb
They also grace my Christmas bed
Have you heard this Christmas legend?
"The ancient Aztecs (the Mexican Indians) prized the
Poinsettia as a symbol of
purity. Centuries later, Mexico's early Christians adopted
the Poinsettia as their
prized Christmas Eve flower. The Mexican Poinsettia, known
as the Christmas
Flower in North America, is used in most Christmas
decorations, owing to its
bright red color and its blooming season coinciding with the
Christmas holiday
season. The Mexican Poinsettias are commonly bright red. For
some, these
star-shaped bracts symbolize the Star of Bethlehem. The
Christmas Poinsettia
flowers have become a symbol of Christmas and are used in
festive decor.
A Mexican legend explains how Poinsettias came to be
associated with
Christmas. Apparently, a child who could not afford a gift
to offer to Christ on
Christmas Eve picked some weeds from the side of a road. The
child was told
that a humble gift, if given in love, would be acceptable in
God's eyes. When
brought into the church, the weeds bloomed into red and
green flowers and the
congregation felt that they had witnessed a Christmas
miracle!"
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