There are some Christmas customs whose origins many people don't quite know, but which have been passed down through ...

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Tim Reed, from the Friends of Holt Island Nature Reserve, explains the custom of embracing under the mistletoe – and reveals some ...

Some of my earliest childhood memories of holidays include my mother purchasing mistletoe to hang in a doorway during Christmas. It was not as important a decoration as the Christmas tree, but it was ...

Consider the mistletoe, those little green sprigs of leathery leaves with white berries that people hang at Christmastime, in doorways and near the holiday punchbowl. According to tradition, you’re ...

Mistletoe is a mysterious holiday plant that many of us may not understand much about other than the fact that you may be at ...