(click to enlarge any pics) Well, here's the news on the Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses for 2009. They are still available as bars – which were described here, and compared to Hotel Chocolat's upmarket but vaguely similar product, last year. But this season they've gone for a fancier version too. A bit OTT on the packaging perhaps, but nicely done (resting on my unripe mistletoe in this picture) - and as before actively promoting that kissing tradition. […]

Just been watching the first of this year's AutumnWatch on BBC2, in which, amongst other stuff, they visited the Weston's Cider apple orchards in Herefordshire. Their researchers had approached me, a few weeks ago, to get info on what they could say and do with mistletoe in this feature, as there is a lot of mistletoe there. But no word since, so I wasn't sure what they might cover. A promising start – lots of […]