Is there anyone who does not like poinsettias besides me?

Every Christmas the world is bombarded with poinsettias and by New Year's the plants all look, leggy worn out and half dead. And then people agonize about how to take care of them because someone special gave them the poinsettia. I love flowers, plants, trees but I cant stand poinsettias. They are too much trouble to care for, die almost at once, and people pay good money for a plant that most people have no idea how to care for.

Is there anyone who does not like poinsettias besides me?
I agree wholeheartedly, a waste. I'll stick with Amaryllis and paper whites. RScott
Reply:I had a poinsettia pin that came with a lovely story:





The legend of the poinsettia comes from Mexico. It tells of a girl named Maria and her little brother Pablo. They were very poor but always looked forward to the Christmas festival. Each year a large manger scene was set up in the village church, and the days before Christmas were filled with parades and parties. The two children loved Christmas, but were always saddened because they had no money to buy presents. They especially wished that they could give something to the church for the Baby Jesus. But they had nothing.


One Christmas Eve, Maria and Pablo set out for church to attend the service. On their way they picked some weeds growing along the roadside and decided to take them as their gift to the Baby Jesus in the manger scene. Of course they were teased by other children when they arrived with their gift, but they said nothing for they knew they had given what they could. Maria and Pablo began placing the green plants around the manger and miraculously, the green top leaves turned into bright red petals, and soon the manger was surrounded by beautiful star-like flowers and so we see them today.
Reply:I am not that crazy for them, either.
Reply:I find it really strange that all the plants we associate with Christmas (mistletoe, holly, poinsettia) are poisonous to humans. What's the deal with that?
Reply:i dont think they are very pretty
Reply:I usually have a green thumb but with that plant it turns brown! Thought I was the only one that hated that plant. What a waste of money !
Reply:They are too fragile...i can't seem to keep one alive!