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Mistletoe in Art Mistletoe in Art? Probably an odd concept to most people. But with its distinctive shapes and colours (there aren’t many other white-berried plants) the traditional European mistletoe has a long-established place in both seasonal and non-seasonal art. Examples of seasonal art are presented on the Christmas and New Year pages. Christmas mistletoe imagery is common everywhere today, but New Year material is more of a continental Europe tradition. The best mistletoe art is from the Art Nouveau period, when the characteristic shapes of European mistletoe inspired many designs Other ‘Christmas’ mistletoes, though less distinctive in shape, also have a ‘history’ in art – though only in their case it is only for Christmas. The visual difference between classic European Mistletoe, and the less distinctive American 'Christmas' Mistletoe is demonstrated below:
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