Christmas Mistletoe
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99425)
Atlanta, Georgia
November 22, 2023 6:38pm CST
@celticeagle wrote a discussion about mistletoe a few days ago saying she had never seen mistletoe growing in trees. All the oak trees in this complex are full of mistletoe. I told her when enough leaves fell from the trees to see the mistletoe I’d take a picture.
It’s cloudy here and has rained most of the day but when I bundled up and went out for my walk, I looked up and saw a tree full of mistletoe. It’s a dark cloudy day but you can see the mistletoe in the tree. I’ll take another picture when the suns shining.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
23 Nov
That's how the trees on my sister's farm in Arkansas look after they lose their leaves for the Winter, too. We used to go to her farm and shoot mistletoe out of the trees when I was growing up for mom to hang in doorways.
Nice photo!
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
23 Nov
@RubyHawk One of my older brothers was part monkey and he'd climb trees and saw the mistletoe off and drop it down to us. It was easier for the rest of us to shoot it with a .22 to get it down.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Nov
@DaddyEvil I can’t imagine anyone climbing so high in the trees but that would save your bullets.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
23 Nov
@RubyHawk It could be a type of orchid that grow in forests here.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Nov
@allknowing We don’t have orchids growing in trees here that I know of. We do have ivy that grows in trees.
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@RebeccasFarm (86763)
• United States
23 Nov
Oh I love this tree Ruby and the photo of it.2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (86763)
• United States
23 Nov
@RubyHawk It is mysterious mistletoe
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Nov
@RebeccasFarm It is interesting that it grows in trees.
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@dgobucks226 (34375)
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23 Nov
I never thought about or saw mistletoe before, except for the fake plastic kind you put up at Christmas. Made me research it a bit and found out the plant is 'hemiparasitic', which means it takes some of its food from another plant. Thus, clumps are able to grow on trees. According to the source there are over 900 species of mistletoe around the world. That a lot of evergreen berries!! 
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Nov
I see a lot of mistletoe. When my boys were growing up. They each one got a rifle for their twelve birthday, then we went out in the woods at Christmas and shot down a load of mistletoe to hang over all the doors in the house. The way things things are today, I would never give a child a rifle, but we lived in the country and that was the custom. My boys still have their rifles.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Nov
@dgobucks226 Thank you, and a happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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@dgobucks226 (34375)
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23 Nov
@RubyHawk That's really cool! And authentic mistletoe at that. Yes, it's a different world today, and not all for the better.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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@jnrdutton (2564)
• United States
23 Nov
I had never seen real mistletoe in my life that I recall, thanks for sharing.
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@wolfgirl569 (95271)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Nov
@RubyHawk I know. I have a small plastic one yet I think.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Nov
@wolfgirl569 I’d like to get mistletoe for Christmas but there’s no way.
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@RasmaSandra (73472)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Nov
WOW how interesting, Will you get some mistletoe for yourself?
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@LindaOHio (156395)
• United States
23 Nov
I've never seen mistletoe in a tree. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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@LindaOHio (156395)
• United States
24 Nov
@RubyHawk You're very welcome. I had a good day; but hubs had to work too hard. Don't know what we will do next year.
@moffittjc (118463)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Nov
My neighbor has a tree full of mistletoe. It stands out like a sore thumb in the winter when all the leaves fall off their tree.
