Legandata for poinsettia: Jesus blessed flower
As a decorative flower pot, popular throughout the Christian color poinsettia was first produced in the United States. Her homeland as a bush family member of the spurge, however, is Mexico. Her appearance in the country of the Aztecs is connected with a beautiful Christmas story. On the eve of Christmas very poor girl wanted to leave a gift in front of a statue of Jesus Christ in a small Mexican town, but there was nothing. "Jesus will accept any gift where it is from my heart," his father reassured him. Then the girl raised from dried field flowers and put them to worship the statue of God's son. On Christmas Eve, blown dry in a large bouquet of red flowers as tears of blood of the Savior.


Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherima) is a shrub of the spurge family. Her homeland is Mexico. It is a traditional symbol of Christmas in America, Western Europe, but from a relatively short time in our country.