What part of a festive Christmas plant hanging in the doorway can also be found at the very end of your foot?
Mistletoe
The answer is derived by splitting the compound holiday word 'mistletoe' into its component parts. The second half of this traditional Christmas hanging plant literally names the digit found at the very end of a foot.
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