And why are people so amorous when they find themselves beneath it? Mistletoe, a parasitic plant, is actually accustomed to the suspension: In nature, it grows only on other trees’ branches.
Kissing under the mistletoe at a Christmas party is dying out because workers fear being accused of abuse, an auctioneer of the plant has claimed. The tradition of kissing under the foliage took off ...
Tenbury Wells auctioneer Nick Champion has been staging the unique mistletoe auctions for 47 years but expects around 500 lots of the plant to go under the hammer across two auctions rather than what ...