So as we are now officially on the down hill slide towards Christmas I thought I would share some Holiday traditions, facts, and fun from the Hispanic point of view. First thing that I will share is a little short Christmas fact. The Poinsettia plant in nature is a wild leggy shrub and is actually native to Mexico and flourished in Southern Mexico. It is there where the Aztec Indians actually extracted dyes from the plant to help color textiles and even makeup. They even used the milky white sap to help cure fevers. This flowered traveled to the US in 1829 by the first U.S. Minister to Mexico Joel R. Poinsettia. A century later a farmer in Los Angles, Paul Ecke, whose family was the first to grow the plant and sell them in their now standard form as a potted flower.
I know personally I do enjoy having the bright red vibrant flowers around my house during the holidays. Its just something that is a tradition for my house thanks to my mom. Now, after writing this blog I see and am glad to share its a winter tradition to use this colorful flower for many centuries!
The plant now seems to pop up in any tropical climate! The picture in this post is a wild Poinsettia in Hawaii. I can't wait to go out to find me some Poinsettias for my house. Its really just not Christmas without them.
Now its just 27 days until Christmas!
Feliz Navidad!
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