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 ...

You might be wondering if, as parasites, mistletoes are harmful. It can be complicated, but yes, to the host tree, they can ...

Mistletoe is often added to holiday decorations as a way to share love and a kiss in the Christmas season. While its origins are in Europe, there is one native mistletoe species that grows in Virginia ...

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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, ...

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 waiting under the mistletoe for that kiss, you might look up and think about the other important functions of mistletoe. Ira Flatow, host of Science Friday, discusses mistletoe's non-holiday ...

A seemingly harmless holiday tradition is actually quite damaging to some trees in the Lone Star State, warns the Texas A&M Forest Service. The state agency is cautioning against mistletoe, a plant ...

Stealing a smooch under the mistletoe is a time-honored holiday tradition — but the word itself has an origin that invokes the exact opposite of romance. As part of NPR's "Word of the Week" series, we ...