Legend of Poinsettia Origins in Mexico
A Mexican town tale explains the poinsettia’s origin as a miracle at Christmas Eve church, where a poor boy prayers transformed a plant into the Flower of the Holy Night. An American ambassador later imports it to the United States, and the scene recalls the Nativity figures from two millennia ago.
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