Mistletoe Many people like to decorate their houses with evergreens. Best-loved of all, now as in the past, are holly, ivy and mistletoe. All these plants often decorate churches, with one exception. This is the mistletoe which, by long tradition, is never allowed inside a church at any time...

There are lots of Christmas and New Year traditions in Britain. For example... London's Christmas decorations. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London present… It's a big Christmas tree and it stands in Trafalgar Square...