Having just watched Blake Grigsby's "Mistletoe Kissing Contraption" video, in which Grigsby walks around Daley Plaza soliciting kisses from people visiting the Christkindl Market, let me be the ...

Actually, mistletoe has a storied history, particularly with the Druid and Norse peoples, and was thought to ward off everything from infertility to fires. 6. It plays a huge role in Norse mythology.

Mistletoe fans speculate that the reason we kiss under the plant — a hemiparasitic shrub that has been used to treat cancer — can be traced back millenniums: maybe to Celtic druids, maybe to a ...

Picture mistletoe and you might imagine a branch with shiny green leaves, like the one hanging over the dance floor in a Justin Bieber video.This is one of more than 1,000 species of mistletoe ...

Mistletoe has a dark side because some species are bad for the environment. “It can harm and kill trees,” said Nicole Keleher, forest health director.