We all know about the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe, but do you know how that cameabout? Booming laughter, drunken giggles, and sounds of merriment soon filled the hall. The Yule feast was a resounding success, at least for the nobles. Is that really how you feel?" Arthur's voice had an odd inflection. Perhaps the mulled wine had made him maudlin.

Merry Christmas, Lena,” Kara says, leaning forward until warm lips press against Lena’s cheek. Kara lingers there for a moment, Lena caught between the swell of feelings in her chest at the idea that Kara is kissing her, and the disappointment that Kara obviously doesn’t have romantic feelings for her if she’s only kissing her on the cheek while they’re under mistletoe.I actually enjoyed the majority of the book. I liked the characters, not loved, but liked. I do love the main character moves to small town but they aren’t from a small town they are super famous and don’t know how to be a normal person type trope. The only thing is with this book that doesn’t really happen as Louise is surprisingly humble and knows just how to fit in. Which defiantly makes her character more likeable and I guess is a middle finger to the other characters that Louise isn’t fake like the tabloids say they were and she was originally from humble beginnings. To be on the safe side, ask your florist to replace the real berries with imitation ones or use artificial mistletoe in yourdecorations. Kara makes no move to step out of their embrace afterwards and so neither does Lena, she’s going to enjoy this as long as she can.

Arthur lapped the attention up, pleased to have a rapt audience to share his exaggerated exploits with. Every few minutes, he would glance sidelong at Merlin, as if to gauge whether he was paying attention. Another tradition that has raised questions before is, why do we sing “Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s? Let’s find out! The dark side of the mistletoe The women in both scenes were depicted as resisting the kisses but having to give in after being caught passing under the mistletoe. Historians have said that they would have believed they had to accept kisses from men or risk bad fortune. Exactly how serious the resistance was is hard to say based on documentary evidence, but Forsyth says there were several stories from the period that depicted women “using the mistletoe excuse to elude possessive husbands and parents” who might have otherwise prevented such kisses. Ben was an okay love interest. I liked him as a character and Laura together but he came across old to me. I know that sounds so rude of me but he was a typical dad. Not a dilf but a dad that falls a asleep in his chair with his glasses falling down and the sort of dad that would moan about the heating being on too long. So I felt the spark wasn’t really there for me. Merlin refilled Arthur's cup. At a wave of Arthur's hand, Merlin filled Princess Elwynne's cup as well. He tried to ignore the vicious twist in his gut that was less jealousy and more a resigned despair. It served him right for falling for a royal prat.Sam,” Lena replies with a look of her own, this one with a bit of fear in it considering the topic of their conversation is actually in the room this time, and she has superhearing no less. Despite what others may have thought, Merlin was a consummate liar. He had to be good at lying and dissembling his feelings if he wanted to keep his sorcerous head intact. He took a slow, fortifying breath. "Yes. She was quite fetching." If you need me, I’ll just be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed,” Lena jokes as she walks away, earning a laugh from her friend. Although the legend of Baldur is often cited as the origin of the connection between mistletoe and a kiss, other historians point out that many versions of Baldur's story end quite differently. In these other versions, Baldur dies and is not revived. Given the age of these myths, it's certainly possible that happier versions were passed down over time, influencing future mistletoe traditions.