# Mistletoe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 17, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707 "2015-12-17T17:02:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707/1 "2015-12-17T17:02:24Z")

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Love Sig’s drawing, but he drew a bunch of holly, not mistletoe.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707/2 "2015-12-18T02:32:43Z")

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A link to the column.

[Mistletoe kissing origins](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2378/mistletoe-kissing-origins-why-do-worms-surface-during-rain)

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707/3 "2015-12-18T03:55:36Z")

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Why does the page headline also promise an answer to why worms surface during rainstorms? That one isn’t there.

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistletoe/740707/4 "2015-12-18T04:29:44Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Why does the page headline also promise an answer to why worms surface during rainstorms? That one isn’t there.

This is a followup to the original answer, which answered the original question.
