poinsettias

(Newser) - Like Christmas trees, Santa, and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the US and Europe. But now, nearly 200 years after the plant with the bright crimson leaves was introduced north of the Rio Grande, attention is once again turning to the...

(Newser) - Bending and breaking under holiday stress? Relax! The British Medical Journal has bah-humbugged six holiday health myths, the New York Times reports:

• Night eating makes you fat: Calories are calories. When you eat doesn't matter; it's what you eat.
• Poinsettias are perilous: Reported cases of human poinsettia consumption: 22,

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