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Pages December l IMe THE MANY MYTHS OF MYSTERIOUS MISTLETOE In reality mistletoe is nothing than a parasitic shrub that grows in the crowns or broad leafed trees Yet cording to National magazine people often have invested the plant with supernatural powers addition to letting it provide an excuse for a holiday kiss National Wildlife is a pub lic of the National Wildlife For centuries mistletoe was a source of wo lit and an object of wot ship for humans Because the shrub grows high in trees without apparent roots many ancient civilizations magical powers to it In some countries believed that could after eating mistletoe that would grow better if mistletoe adorned the fields In other places warriors it icdspngsof the plant to their to help protect them from injury or to off demons The plusam custom of under mistletoe is thought to have origin in Norse mythology have since believed ilut if two REINDEER FACTS Santa sure knew what he doing when he chose reindeer to his sleigh While reindeer are quite small usually around three and a feet tall they have great strength an endurance Ranger Rick magazine reports that a healthy reindeer usually weighs about pounds jnd can pull its own weight in cargo on sleds across the tun the rooftops people should embrace beneath a trtc where mistlet is growing would be blessed wiih good luck and a healthy life More than species of mistletoe arc found throughout the world hut only two principal kinds grow in this country American or leafy mistletoe and dwarf mistletoe The latter diminutive needle lea red species causes widespread damage to pines and other coniferous trees Its sprigs arc too small lobe as a decoration American mistletoe on the other hind is in important part our Christmas tradition It grows among branLhcs of trcis from central New Jersey to Ohio Indiana and Missouri south In Florida west to Texas New Mexico some ureas of California Mistletoe clumps often form globes five feel wide that weigh more than pounds In providing fluids for such a parasite Ihc host tree sometimes weakens so severely that it dies ally though American mistletoe docs little permanent damage to the tree FROM STAFF DRIVERS if 110 MILL ST GEORGETOWN ONTARIO 2C9 8777400 8771234 jr The prescription lot Chrlitmai Happlneu peace and love May aH our cuitomert remedy for a Wonderful Holiday Seaton and a Happy New Year QUEEN ST 8532230 ACTON Ontario GOING OUT OF BUSINESS MM Shirts Fousyth Shirts Suits Peerless Sports Jackets Style Kraft Sportswear GWG Cords Jeans Jockey Underwear McGregor Socks Avon Sportswear Mode Wonder Bra Playiex Hose including new Holiday Lines just arrived lELSENS CLO 37 Ontario