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Under the mistletoe

Kissing under the mistletoe is a well-known Christmas tradition. Across many cultures from the past - from Norse to Ancient Greek, mistletoe was valued for its healing properties.

Heidelberg University Library
Heidelberg University Library

Bildunterschrift: Emperor Napoleon. "Eh! No! Really I! What will my wife say?"

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Christmas at the Manison House.x000D The Lord Mayor (Sir Frank Bowater) and Lady Mayoress assist with the decorations.x000D 21 December 1938_x000D_ x000D x000D x000D

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Christmas at St Clements Danes School, Drury Lane.x000D 1926

Cinecittà - Luce
Cinecittà - Luce
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

A hand tinted postcard of a girl holding branches of mistletoe

International Institute of Social History
Wellcome Collection

Shows small bunch of green leaves and stems with white semi translucant berries.

Wellcome Collection

As N0021177C, detail of sold bunch of mistletoe.

Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum

Advertentie voor kousen 'bas gui'. Pagina uit het modetijdschrift Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).

Wellcome Collection

A lady wearing a read shawl and blue dress carries a branch of mistletoe through the snow. She is watched by a robin sitting on a fence. On the reverse of the picture are directions for taking Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup.

National Library of Wales

Title assigned by cataloguer.; [The image has been published and appeared in Y Cymro, 17 December 1959].; Computer file. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 2002-2004. (Geoff Charles digitisation project) Original, master file captured in uncompresse…

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Josephine Baker marries French businessman.x000D Unknown to her friends, Josephine Baker, the famous dancer, was married quietly at crevecoeur le Grand in the Department of the Oise to M Jean Lion, a young French businessman and aviator.x000D The Mayor of…

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Hide and seek. Swaine. Photochromotype.; Hide and Seek. Party scene; a young couple hide behind a screen while two women search for them. The room is decorated with garlands of holly and bunches of mistletoe hang from the walls and ceiling. Pho…

Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection

Holly and Mistletoe Auction Shows rows of holly and mistletoe for auction for herbal and Christmas use.

National Library of Scotland

In the middle of a large picturesque square there appears to be an informal market. At the front of the picture two British soldiers are bargaining with two older women over a wheelbarrow of mistletoe. The nickname 'Tommy' entered into general …

Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Budapest

Plate 10. La Plante et ses applications ornementales, Paris : Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, [1896], II.