 | Poinsettias |
Poinsettias come from Mexico, but were named Joel R. Poinsett, the American. ambassador to Mexico who introduced the plant to America in 1828.
Poinsettias were used by Franciscan monks in Mexico in their 17th century Christmas celebrations.
There is a fable which tells the story of a young Mexican boy who, on his way to visit the village Nativity scene and realising that he did not have a gift for the Christ child, stopped at the side of the road and gathered some of the flowers that he found there. Although other children ridiculed him, when he laid the leaves at the manger a beautiful star-shaped (like the star that had guided the Three Wise Men) flower appeared on each branch. The bright red petals, often mistaken for flowers, are actually the upper leaves of the plant.
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