The White House has hung a sprig of mistletoe for the holiday season. Many people say that the decoration is in poor taste with the recent wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations that have ...

Scenes from White House Christmases past, as recounted in the book “Christmas at the White House,” by Jennifer B. Pickens: The first known Christmas tree at the White House was in the tenure of ...

Once the last piece of Thanksgiving pumpkin pie is devoured, it's time to start thinking about Christmas. Putting up decorations is a surefire way to get into the holiday mood, and the Christmas prep ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

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 ...

The plant mistletoe has been associated with Christmas and kissing. Where did this tradition originate, and what is mistletoe? Mistletoe is a plant with pointy, green, leathery leaves, with waxy ...

Mistletoe has many mythic associations, but the most popular by far is the Christmas tradition of compelling people to kiss under it. With white, red, or pink berries, and its romantic associations, ...

The white mistletoe, Viscum album, is actually a parasitic plant, living on soft-barked deciduous trees and being particularly fond of apple, poplar and plum. Go for a walk in the countryside and you ...