Poster commissioned (ca.1960) by the Loterie Nationale (French national lottery) created in 1933. According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss.". The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush. When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases.". As the caption tells us: “End the year with the National Lottery!”.