There is a day dedicated to the beautiful red Christmas flower, but how did this plant become associated with the holiday?
Legend says that a little girl in Mexico was sad that she had no gift for Jesus. She was poor and could not buy anything. An angel told her that any gift given with love was good enough. So she picked weeds from the side of the road and laid them at the manger. Those weeds soon bloomed into beautiful red stars.
The plant first came to America in