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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SolStock / Getty Images Mistletoe has many mythic associations, but the most popular by far is the Christmas tradition of ...

The holiday season is a joyous time for giving, togetherness, and yes, love. There are quite a few Christmas traditions, but perhaps none so famous as kissing under the mistletoe. Have you ever ...

This holiday season, many of us will be swigging eggnog and decorating our Christmas tree (possibly drunk). But where do these annual festivities come from? Here are the origins of traditions that ...

As a young child living in Virginia, I recall kids going door to door selling sprigs of mistletoe in the weeks before Christmas. My mother always bought some and hung it along with some holly over a ...

While doing some last-minute Christmas grocery shopping with my wife, an unidentified woman approached us with bags of handpicked mistletoe. The woman told us she was selling the decorative trimmings ...

When I think about what makes Christmastime specialchestnuts roasting on an open fire, yuletide carols being sung by a choir, yada yada yadaIm mainly thinking about the holidays annual rituals (folks, ...