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Another week, another awesome tall tale! Well, sort of. Let’s start with the tall tale of how the Poinsettia is associated with Christmas. The story starts like: Once upon a time. No, no, very specifically at the time of Jesus’ birth. This little Mexican girl had nothing to bring baby Jesus. She felt terrible that she had traveled all the way from Mexico to Bethlehem with no gift, so she picked a handful of weeds. No, no, wait. She was not going to Bethlehem; she was in her own country in front of the pretend baby Jesus on the altar....

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This is one of those odd traditions that no one seems to know why it is even a “thing”. Once upon a time (as all good stories start) in the 1880s, Woolworths imported glass Christmas ornaments from Germany. Many of these ornaments were in the shape of a variety of fruits and vegetables, including the pickle. This was supposedly because (and again, as all good stories go) the Germans hung the pickle on the tree last, and the first imp in the morning to find the pickle got an extra present. Funny thing is, not a single German had ever...

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