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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
12
Officials estimate at least 100000 lives are saved each year by the annual Christmas Seal campaign against tuberculosis. The idea originated in 1903 with Danish postal clerk Holboell who proposed a voluntary tax on greeting cards to fund care for the underprivileged and hospital tuberculosis relief.
In 1919 the double barred cross symbolized anti tuberculosis warfare. By 1920 the Red Cross aimed at Roll Call fundraising and the Christmas Seal sale ran exclusively through the Tuberculosis association. In Worcestershire mistletoe was once believed to promote cattle fertility and deter disease in dairy herds.
Belief holds that wearing mistletoe around the wrestler will cure all green wounds and ensure success in the chase by imparting strength. The claim links the plant to enhanced endurance for athletes and hunting prowess.
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