Mistletoe has become a recognizable element of holiday decor during the festive winter season, where individuals who find themselves beneath it will share a kiss.
References
- In various kinds of holiday media and merchandise, Miss Piggy is armed with mistletoe in order to earn a holiday kiss from Kermit the Frog. She bares a spring in a wall decoration from Hallmark and has a storyline in the "Winter" edition of The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Four Seasons where she hopes to lure Kermit beneath one. Onscreen, the two have willingly shared a kiss under the mistletoe in A Muppet Family Christmas and the "All I Need is Love" music video. In It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Piggy again tries to lure Kermit under the mistletoe for a kiss, but when Kermit regains his zest for life, he unashamedly kisses her declaring, "You don't need mistletoe when you're green!" The decoration is also mentioned as one of the traditional green items found during Christmas in the song "A Red and Green Christmas."
- A Christmas ornament produced by Sigma depicts Gonzo's head adorned with a sprig of mistletoe.
- During the end of "I Hate Christmas" on Merry Christmas from Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch complains about somebody hanging mistletoe above his trash can.
- In the UK version of "The Bells of Fraggle Rock," Uncle Traveling Matt stumbles upon a holiday party and finds lovers and family members using what he calls "the magic kissing stick" to earn kisses. He proceeds to wave a sprig of mistletoe around various individuals until he earns a kiss.
- Mistletoe hangs in Elmo's World in Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!, earning Elmo a kiss from Door.
- In the Farscape episode "Terra Firma," John Crichton's ex-girlfriend Caroline welcomes him back to Earth by brandishing some mistletoe and kissing him.
- While appearing on Today in December 2008, Miss Piggy comments, "I like to think of [Kermit] as mistletoe with webbed feet."
- In the "Monster Monster Day" episode of The Furchester Hotel, monsters (and assumedly other species) give each other big "monster-monster" hugs while standing under the fuzzletoe, a special plant that resembles mistletoe.
- Sam the Eagle attempts to use mistletoe to receive attention and a kiss from Janice in The Muppets episode "Single All the Way."
- One of Miss Piggy's promos for Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas in 2016 involves her under some mistletoe, expecting kisses from some hunky-sounding men. Instead, she meets Gonzo beneath it and he receives a karate chop instead.
- In an appearance on Evine in 2017, host Fatima Cocci brandishes a pillow with the words "Meet me under the mistletoe" inscribed on them. Flustered Kermit asks if any mistletoe is around, and gets told he should have just gone to the kiss. He responds that he "does things by the book."