National Poinsettia Day

National Poinsettia Day
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National Poinsettia Day, a day to celebrate the ever popular red flower used around the Christmas holiday season.

National Poinsettia Day, a day to celebrate the ever popular red flower used around the Christmas holiday season. When looking at a Poinsettia, all we can think of is "The Poinsettia is to Christmas like a pumpkin is to Halloween." To find out where the Poinsettia flower originated from, we have to take a look in the past. In 1480 to his death, Aztec King Montezuma adorned his palace with Poinsettia or Cuetlaxochitl as it was known by the Aztecs, having his people cultivate the flower as a gift from the Gods.

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