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How To Make a Mistletoe Kissing Ball

Use your leafy bounty to craft an im-peck-able Christmas decoration.



Display your mistletoe decoration in a doorway and you just might get a kiss! Photo: Ralph Anderson

People around the world may kiss under the mistletoe, but in the South, it’s the harvest of this Christmas favorite that’s really steeped in tradition. For generations, Southern couples and families have risen early on December mornings to roam the woods in search of a Christmas tree to chop and mistletoe to shoot down.

What Is Mistletoe?
The white-berried greenery grows in abundance across the region and can be found in large clumps (the size of a head of cabbage or bigger) high atop hardwood trees, such as oaks and elms.

How To Retrieve Mistletoe
Rather than shimmy up the tree to retrieve it, Southerners, resourceful folks that we are, have found the most effective means of collection is with the help of a trusty shotgun. Greenery in hand, we return to the homestead to deck the halls, sip hot cocoa, and maybe even steal a kiss or two.
Instead of hanging wreaths and garland in your home this Christmas, try making a mistletoe kissing ball to hang in your doorway. Follow our instructions and your home will be festive in no time.

Mistletoe Kissing Ball

Supplies

• 4 ½-inch florist foam ball
• 24-gauge wire
• garden shears
• sheet moss
• 20 to 30 branches of mistletoe
• 3 ½-inch pearl florist pins
• 38-inch-long ribbon

Instructions
1) Soak the ball in water. Submerge it for 15 minutes until saturated.
2) Cut floral wire into 1 ½-inch strips. Bend pieces into a U-shape.
3) Cover the ball with sheet moss. Secure it with the floral wire.
4) Cut mistletoe into 2- to 3-inch pieces. Adhere by pushing stems through the moss and directly into the foam ball. (For less sturdy stems, create small holes with an ice pick before inserting.) Heads up: You may need up to 150 small pieces to fully cover the florist foam.
5) Apply florist pins. Place as desired for additional decoration.
6) Add a bow. Starting at one end of the ribbon, fold a 10-inch loop (this will be what you use to hang the ball), and then two 8-inch loops. This will leave you with a 12-inch tail. Cut 6 inches off tail and lay on opposite side of loops. Pinch the loops and tail together at the center, and secure with a 16-inch piece of wire bent in half. Firmly twist the wire until you create a stem sturdy enough to insert in mistletoe ball.

Note: Keep mistletoe out of reach of children and pets, as the plant and berries are poisonous.

From the December 2011 Magazine Issue

http://www.southernliving.com/home-g...0417000076540/

Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Baby, It's Cold Outside

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Santa Baby - Taylor Swift (Lyrics!)

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Betty Boop- Santa Baby

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3 Hour Medley of Christmas Songs

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Published on Nov 20, 2012

A 3 hour long collection of Christmas songs. Expand the description to see a full list. NOTE: I do not own any of these songs, they are all owned by their various respective copyright holders.

0:00 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Bing Crosby
3:05 Feliz Navidad -- Beth and Scott
5:32 The Christmas Waltz -- Frank Sinatra
8:33 Winter Wonderland -- Aretha Franklin
10:41 The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -- Andy Williams
13:09 Jingle Bells -- I have no idea who the artist is
15:25 Sleigh Ride -- Johnny Mathis
18:20 Carol of the Bells -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
20:45 Santa Claus is Coming to Town -- The Andrews Sisters
23:25 Silver Bells -- Bing Crosby & Carol Richards
26:27 The Christmas Song -- The Osmond Brothers
29:07 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- Andy Williams
32:15 Wonderful Christmastime -- Paul McCartney
35:59 Santa Claus -- Harry Connick Jr
40:35 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Gene Autry
43:46 Rockin Around the Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee
45:49 Sleigh Ride -- Jack Jones
48:31 Blue Christmas -- Elvis Presley
50:36 White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
53:32 Jingle Bell Rock -- Bobby Helms
55:41 The Christmas Song -- Nat King Cole
58:47 Jingle Bells -- Frank Sinatra
1:00:45 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
1:04:09 Sleigh Ride -- Ella Fitzgerald
1:07:04 Winter Wonderland -- Tony Bennett
1:09:14 Let It Snow -- Dean Martin
1:11:08 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- Johnny Mathis
1:13:51 Home for the Holidays -- Perry Como
1:16:40 Little St. Nick -- The Beach Boys
1:18:46 A Holly Jolly Christmas -- Burl Ives
1:20:57 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer -- Elmo and Patsy
1:24:23 Merry Christmas Darling -- The Carpenters
1:27:26 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Elvis Presley
1:29:20 Happy Christmas -- John Lennon
1:32:47 Jingle Bells -- Diana Krall
1:34:57 Deck the Halls -- Ottmar Liebert
1:37:57 Mr. Heatmeiser -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
1:42:18 Winter Wonderland -- Johnny Mathis
1:45:30 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Mariah Carey
1:48:00 Frosty the Snowman -- The Beach Boys
1:49:51 Let It Snow -- Harry Connick Jr
1:52:22 A Marshmallow World -- Dean Martin
1:55:00 Christmas Canon -- Trans Siberian Orchestra
1:59:16 Silent Night -- Sarah McLaughlin
2:03:00 Sleigh Ride -- Arthur Fielder & The Boston Pops Orchestra
2:05:59 We Need a Little Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:07:53 Santa Baby -- Madonna
2:10:26 O Holy Night -- Placido Domingo
2:14:21 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Bobby Vinton
2:17:26 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:19:38 I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas -- Gayle Peevey
2:22:14 Stille Nacht -- The King's Singers
2:25:25 Joy To The World -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:27:58 Ave Maria -- Luciano Pavarotti
2:32:50 Waltz of the Flowers -- Leopold Stokowski
2:37:15 White Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
2:39:48 Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Henry Mancini
2:42:12 O Holy Night -- Luciano Pavarotti
2:46:16 Hallelujah Chorus -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:50:05 Mistletoe and Holly -- Frank Sinatra
2:52:21 The Christmas Song -- Mel Torme
2:54:25 Christmas Don't Be Late -- Alvin and the Chipmunks
2:56:44 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Gene Autry
2:59:13 We Need A Little Christmas -- Percy Faith
3:01:20 White Christmas -- The Drifters
3:05:33 The Magic of Christmas Day -- Celine Dion
3:08:11 Silver Bells -- Johnny Mathis
3:11:41 Suite from The Polar Express -- Alan Silvestri

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Dean Martin- A Marshmallow World

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