After picking out a tree, hanging all the keepsake ornaments, stringing up the lights, and remembering how to hang a wreath on the door, some families have one more Christmas tradition—hanging the ...

For many people, mistletoe is a pest, while for others, it is a symbol of Christmas cheer. The origin of mistletoe as a Yuletide symbol came from the Norse and the Druids. Both had traditions that ...

There are so many meaningful Christmas symbols and wonderful Christmas traditions around the world that people enjoy every holiday season. After all, what is Christmas without exchanging gifts or ...

Mistletoe is the Christmas tradition people are showing no signs of kissing goodbye to, but while the plant is curiously synonymous with this most magical time of the year, very few people likely know ...

From Harry Potter’s first kiss to Justin Bieber’s holiday tune, kissing under the mistletoe is everywhere in pop culture. But this Christmas tradition — that if you’re standing under the leafy plant, ...

Dear Master Gardener: How did hanging mistletoe in a doorway become a Christmas tradition? Where does it grow? Answer: A popular American Christmas tradition is kissing under the mistletoe, although ...

Money hangs from trees in Central Texas. Mistletoe clumps dangle from bare mesquite limbs like Christmas ornaments, and Robert "Speedy" Tiemann will pay for them. "Christmas wouldn't be the same ...

Choosing a Christmas tree. Kissing under the mistletoe. Many people enjoy these fun traditions during the holiday season. But with climate change and habitat loss, some of these plants associated with ...

Why do we pucker up under the mistletoe each Christmas? There's a number of stories. One dates back to Norse mythology. In that tale, the god Baldur was certain that Earth's plants and animals wanted ...

One of the more romantic Christmas traditions is kissing under a sprig of mistletoe, hung from a ceiling or doorway. Those who find themselves under its green leaves might not know that this symbol of ...