What is green, poisonous and appears almost everywhere during the holiday season? No, it’s not leftover fruit cake. It’s the mistletoe hanging over the doorway. We all know mistletoe as the little ...

Did you ever kiss beneath mistletoe? If so, you touched tradition older than the birth of Christ. Historically, there are two theories about how mistletoe came to be a plant used to encourage kissing.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Placing mistletoe under a doorway is a Christmas tradition, but do you know why? And what is mistletoe? It has quite a romantic history. Who better to ask about the romantic ...

I think it’s likely safe to say we don’t usually think about mistletoe except during the holidays (unless you live in Oklahoma, where it is their state plant). In the 18th century, mistletoe was hung ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Have you ever stopped to wonder why it is that people exchange kisses under the mistletoe? No? Well that’s okay. Still, though, the history and folklore behind the event extend ...

In the winter of 2017, an Irish police department became the main character on Twitter after posting a warning: “If you bump into that special someone under the mistletoe tonight, remember that ...

It seems I write an article about mistletoe every year, but I do so for a couple of reasons. Mistletoe continues to hold a place in our holiday celebrations, and I think it has such an interesting ...

How a hemiparasitic shrub became a symbol of romantic high jinks and holiday cheer. By Susan Shain Mistletoe fans speculate that the reason we kiss under the plant — a hemiparasitic shrub that has ...

This time of year is full of cultural traditions. We write letters to chubby elves living above the Arctic Circle. Some hang old socks above the fireplace hoping to receive magical gifts from ...

The history of mistletoe in Oklahoma is quite a story, and the answer to your question is a resounding yes and no. As the story goes, Oklahoma territory was to have a pavilion at the Chicago World’s ...

Did you ever kiss beneath mistletoe? If so, you touched tradition older than the birth of Christ. Historically, there are two theories about how mistletoe came to be a plant used to encourage kissing.