Mbiri ndi Lembali la "Flor de Nochebuena"
The Poinsettia ( Euphorbia pulcherrima) yakhala chizindikiro cha Khirisimasi padziko lonse lapansi. Kuwala kwake kofiira ndi nyenyezi kumatikumbutsa nyengo ya tchuthi ndipo kumatulutsa nyengo yozizizira yozizira. Mwinamwake mumayanjanitsa chomera ichi m'nyengo yozizira, koma makamaka chimakula bwino mu nyengo yozizira, youma. Dzikoli lili ku Mexico komwe kumadziwika kuti Flor de Nochebuena. Ku Mexico, mungawaone ngati zomera zoumba, koma mudzaziwona kuti zikupezeka ngati zomera zokongoletsa m'mabwalo a anthu, ndipo zimakula monga zitsamba zosatha kapena mitengo yaying'ono.
Poinsettia imakula bwino mu Guerrero ndi Oaxaca , yomwe imatha kufika kutalika mamita 16. Zimene timaganiza ngati maluwa pa chomera cha Poinsettia kwenikweni amasinthidwa masamba otchedwa bracts. Maluwa enieni ndi gawo laling'ono la chikasu pakati pa bracts zokongola.
Mwina zomera zodziwika kwambiri ku Mexico, Nochebuena zimalimba makamaka mu November ndi December. Kuwala kofiira kumakhala kofala ndipo kumayambiriro kwa nyengo yozizira, mtundu wowala ndi chikumbutso chachilengedwe cha nyengo yofikira yomwe ikuyandikira. Dzina la chomera ku Mexico, "Nochebuena" kwenikweni amatanthawuza kuti "usiku wabwino" m'Chisipanishi, koma ili ndilo dzina lomwe laperekedwa ku Khrisimasi , kotero kwa a Mexico, izi ndizo "Maluwa a Khirisimasi."
Mbiri ya Poinsettia:
Aaztec anali odziŵa bwino chomera ichi ndipo anachicha Cuetlaxochitl , kutanthauza "maluwa ndi zikopa zamatumba." kapena "maluwa omwe amafota." Iwo ankakhulupirira kuti amaimira moyo watsopano umene ankhondo amapita pankhondo.
Kuwala kofiira kukuoneka kuti kunawakumbutsa iwo za magazi, omwe anali ofunika kwambiri mu chipembedzo chakale.
Panthawi ya utsogoleri, maiko a ku Mexico anaona kuti masamba obiriwira a chomerawo anali ofiira panthawi yomwe inkafika pa Khirisimasi, ndipo mawonekedwe a maluwawo anawakumbutsa nyenyezi ya David.
Anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito maluwa kukongoletsa mipingo nthawi ya Khirisimasi.
Poinsettia amatchulidwa m'Chingelezi kuchokera kwa Ambulant woyamba ku US ku Mexico, Joel Poinsett. Anawona chomeracho atapita ku Taxco de Alarcon ku boma la Guerrero, ndipo anadabwa ndi mtundu wake wokongola. Anatenga zitsamba zoyambazo ku nyumba yake ku South Carolina ku United States m'chaka cha 1828, poyamba adamutcha "Mexico Plant Plant," koma dzina lake linasinthidwa pambuyo pake kuti alemekeze munthu yemwe adayamba kuwalingalira anthu a ku United States. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo pa chomeracho chinakhala chotchuka kwambiri, potsiriza kukhala duwa limene limagwirizanitsidwa kwambiri ndi Khirisimasi padziko lonse lapansi. December 12 ndi tsiku la Poinsettia, lomwe limasonyeza imfa ya Joel Roberts Poinsett mu 1851.
Mwala wa Khrisimasi
Pali chikhalidwe chachikhalidwe cha ku Mexico chozungulira Poinsettia. Zimanenedwa kuti msungwana wosauka waumphawi anali paulendo wake wopita ku misala pa Khrisimasi. Iye anali wokhumudwa kwambiri chifukwa analibe mphatso yoti apereke kwa Khristu Child. Pamene anali kuyenda kupita ku tchalitchi, adasonkhanitsa zomera zobiriwira zobiriwira. Atafika ku tchalitchi, adayika zomera zomwe ankanyamula pansi pa chifanizo cha Khristu Child ndipo panthawi imeneyo adadziwa kuti masamba omwe ankanyamula anali atachoka kubiriwira n'kukhala wofiira, kupanga chopereka choyenera.