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These decorated balls of evergreens, holly and herbs hang over doorways during the Christmas holidays. Sometimes they're adorned with sprigs of mistletoe - an open invitation to be kissed!

Origins of the kissing ball dates back to the Middle Ages, where people would wind together twine and evergreen branches into a ball shape with a clay figure of an infant to represent the baby Jesus in the center. These "holy boughs", as they were called, would be hung from the ceiling along passageways in castles and big houses to render blessings and good luck to all who passed under the bough and the baby Jesus. The evergreens were introduced in England during the reign of Queen Victoria where evergreens and holly were poked into an apple creating a ball of greens. The Victorians used herbs with romantic symbolism to adorn their holy balls and eventually it became tradition to kiss under this very romantic ball, hence the Christmas Kissing Ball!