Mistletoe confusion

Mistletoes are from a poisonous and parasitic shrub. Why would we hang it above our heads and try to find someone to kiss beneath it in the season of love and happiness??? Does that make sense? An old german mythology even tells that a mistletoe was responsible for some giants death while hanging above him! But I guess since it became the magic ingredient of Asterix' and Obelix'  magic drink there must be something good about it. For all you men out there.... go for it!! :) 

Where did the sun go?

It´s been at least 2 weeks with zero sunshine, even less then zero... There is like not a single color out there due to no significant daylight at all. Everything just blurs in a soup of grayness. It would be better if there is no daylight instead of the dull and depressing gray. Damn gulf stream, it happens every year. The clouds just come in at the beginning of December and stay forever. As much as the summer spoils us with sunshine and the fall and spring you get wind and amazing weather, as much the winter just sucks. I guess ... it´s time to work - indoors! ;o)