Wreaths became a popular Christmas decoration during the 19th century and are often lavishly decorated with evergreen, berries, dried fruits and baubles. They are traditionally hung outside on the ...
An ancient mythological tale suggests that parents place a sprig of mistletoe above a baby’s crib to ward off fairies. Another tradition involves picking a berry off the mistletoe bough each time ...
Britain first discovered gas in the North sea in 1965. Oil finds soon followed and by the early 1980s the UK was exporting more oil than it imported. Aberdeen became the oil capital of Europe and ...
This holiday symbol of a “love connection” dates back to Norse mythology when the plant was sacred to Frigg, the goddess of love. After her son Baldur was nearly killed with a mistletoe arrow ...