The Christmas Mistletoe Ball is 7 inches in diameter and decorated with glossy Mistletoe leaves. This Mistletoe has lush white berries sprinkled throughout this traditional Mistletoe Ball. Four red velvet streamers cascade down from the bottom of the Mistletoe Ball. The cascading red velvet ribbons vary in length from 6 inches to 13 inches and are 3/4 inches wide. Also a 7 inch long red velvet ribbon loop hanger makes the Mistletoe Kissing Ball easy to hang. The artificial mistletoe ball is made of plastic and will not aggravate your allergies. This beautifully decorated Christmas Mistletoe Ball is suitable for indoor or outdoor Christmas decoration use. The Legend of Mistletoe for Christmas decorating has a special meaning for the holidays today. In the early days mistletoe was called the all-healer in Celtic speech and in various European countries mistletoe is believed to possess marvelous powers of healing sickness or even averting misfortune. It was also believed to be the remedy against poisons and to make barren animals fruitful. There are traces in Britain of the sacredness of mistletoe as well as holly. Why Do People Kiss Under Mistletoe Kissing Balls? The hanging of the mistletoe in the doorways creates many plots and diversions to receive a kiss under it. The mistletoe tradition of kissing comes from the Norse myths. Frigga, one of the gods, gave her son Balder a charm of mistletoe to protect him from the elements. But because mistletoe grows neither from the water or the earth nor from fire or air, it grows on trees, it held the power to harm him. One of the other god's arrows made of mistletoe struck Balder down, and his mother cried tears of white berries. She brought her son back to life and vowed to kiss anyone who rested beneath the plant. So the mistletoe tradition of kissing under it began.