Over 1,700 species of the parasitic plant grow around the globe Tess Joosse This holiday season, you might be hoping to catch someone under the mistletoe — or maybe that’s a prospect you’d like to ...

Mistletoe is the Christmas tradition people are showing no signs of kissing goodbye to, but while the plant is curiously synonymous with this most magical time of the year, very few people likely know ...

Some mistletoe begs for a sweet kiss under its leaves. And then there's the mistletoe that takes root in your trees, seemingly ready to devour them. Desert mistletoe, a partial parasite that feeds off ...

Lone Star Holiday event held in November 2025 broke the record for the largest amount ever raised. The event […] ...

According to Ryan Guillou, a Curator at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens, a mistletoe is a hemiparasitic plant that originated primarily from the British isle in Northern Europe. So, what does ...

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 ...

During the holidays, mistletoe is famous for helping couples sneak a smooch under a strategically hung sprig. But long before Christ was born, Druids, Greeks and other ancients knew the plant as a ...

Santa’s on his way, the cookies are in the oven, and no doorway is safe—that’s right, with Christmas in less than a week, you’re bound to see those fresh little sprigs dangling above every archway: ...

Maia Kealoha, the Big Island girl who played Lilo in Disney’s live adaptation of “Lilo & Stitch,” will team up with two bumbling elves to revive the Christmas spirit in a new 2026 holiday comedy that ...

That holiday mistletoe? Not as romantic as you would think. Mistletoe is actually a parasitic plant. It crowds trees in densely packed balls. Weighing up to 50 lbs, it absorbs water and nutrients. Its ...

Just like pine trees and poinsettias, mistletoe has long been associated with the Christmas holidays. It’s mostly hung over door frames in order to try and force two people (who might not even be ...