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 ...

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 ...

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 ...