mistletoe

• verbatim çevirisi: ökseotu
  
  kültürel önemi:
  
  (1) batı ülkelerinde kullanılan en yaygın noel dekorasyonlarından biridir. daha ziyade kırmızı kurdeleyle yapılır.
  
  (2) kissing under the mistletoe: "when christianity became widespread in europe after the 3rd century ad, the religious or mystical respect for the mistletoe plant was integrated to an extent into the new religion. ın some way that is not presently understood, this may have led to the widespread custom of kissing under the mistletoe plant during the christmas season. the earliest documented case of kissing under the mistletoe dates from 16th century england, a custom that was apparently very popular at that time." kaynak: wikipedia
  
  tema:
  (bkz: ingilizce/@derinsular)
  
  diğer ilgili tema:
  (bkz: popüler kültür/@derinsular)