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      http://www.mwrop.org/W_Needham/Mistletoe_041226.htm
    • "New light on old Christmas traditions." BBC News. December 20, 1999.
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    • Perry, Leonard. “A Kiss Under the Mistletoe.” University of Vermont Extension Department of Plant and Soil Science.
    • Reshetiloff, Kathy. “Parasitic plant’s popularity rooted in myths, legends.” The Bay Journal. December 1994, Vol. 4, Issue 9.
      http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=2314
    • Saupe, Stephen G. “Parasites are Welcome for Christmas.” Sagatagan Seasons, Winter 2002. http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/essays/mistletoe.htm