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Heathrow Airport gets giant mistletoe
Published: 03-Dec-2009
The world’s largest sprig of mistletoe has been unveiled at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in London.
The ten feet by eight feet structure, which took three weeks to construct, weighs 43kg and includes more than 50 feet of steel tubing and 25 stainless steel balls. The giant mistletoe, which is suspended just three meters from the ground, was created to enable the one million passengers, expected to arrive into Terminal 5 in December, the chance to share a truly memorable moment with their loved ones. It is hoped that more than two million Christmas kisses will take place under the mistletoe over the coming month. To ensure no one misses out on the yuletide tradition, other giant mistletoe will also be installed in Terminals 1, 3 and 4.
Mike Brown, chief operating officer of Heathrow, said that Heathrow is very often the place where friends and lovers are reunited at Christmas, or where people start their long journeys home to loved ones.
Mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration, though such use was rarely alluded to until the 18th century. According to custom, the mistletoe must not touch the ground between its cutting and its removal as the last of Christmas greens at Candlemas; it may remain hanging through the year, often to preserve the house from lightning or fire, until it is replaced the following Christmas Eve. The tradition has spread throughout the English-speaking world but is largely unknown in the rest of Europe.
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