Christmas in Mexico as items such as Christmas trees, ornaments / electric light and even reindeer figures. Starting in December, many homes, businesses and other buildings are decorated with poinsettias, which are called "noche buena" (from the Spanish phrase that means "good night" referring to Christmas Eve) . Mexico is the origin of the poinsettia. In the pre-Hispanic period, they were called cuetlaxochitl, and a favorite in the mid winter when they were a symbol of the new life that they believed that fallen warriors received, returning as hummingbirds and butterflies to drink the nectar. A modern Mexican legend says that the poinsettia
Blooming, Oregon Church, which is the second-oldest congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod in the Pacific Northwest. The church was founded and the original church building constructed in 1882; a portion of the current church was built in 1923. Blooming has a Cornelius ZIP code. Blooming, Oregon Blooming is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States near the Tualatin River, about two miles south of Cornelius. Its elevation is 190 feet (58 m). There are several plant nurseries in the area. The Blooming area was originally known as "the German Settlement" for a group of German immigrants who had settled