Being misunderstood is just what Estrella had come to expect from life. She is a “poinsettia.” A plant of original Mexican ancestry, named for a American minister, popularized by a German immigrant who settled in Eagle Rock in in 1900 who then grafted new varieties together and popularized her family as disposable holiday decor the world over. And no, those aren’t flowers, those are leaves. They are called “bracts” and it takes 12 hours a night of uninterrupted darkness to even get that color...which the Aztecs used to dye stuff. And none of those men even originated the Christmas connection in the first place. It was a poor little girl named Pepita in the 16th freaking century who couldn’t afford a gift for Jesus so an angel told her to gather weeds from the roadside and put them on an altar. But Pepita aside, Estrella HATES Christmas. You would, too, if you watched the decorated windows on your street fill with lively friends at Thanksgiving only to see their skeletal remains dumped head first into the garbage by Valentine’s Day. But also she hates Christmas because she’s a pagan and believes in many gods and goddesses, like every Spurge plant she knows. So, Estrella says suck it, Christmas!!! She doesn’t need your cheap foil packaging to give her purpose. She may have started out as a holiday hanger-on but she’s a fucking bush now and she’s not going to stop being deep and vibrant and awesome all year long for ANYBODY! #plantlover #poisettia #losangelesplantlife