A real tree creates a festive ambiance in your home that you can’t beat. And despite having celebrated a good few Christmases, I still get more excited about decorating a real tree than the fake ...

Terpenes can play a wide range of beneficial ecological roles: they can protect plants from hungry predators and parasites, ...

M ost people have heard that Christmas is literally the “Christ Mass” of the Christian church, and that Santa Claus takes his ...

Two millennia ago, in the Middle East, frankincense and myrrh were welcome gifts. The resins from frankincense and myrrh ...

Gold fits the idea of kingly wealth, but perfumes would not have met the same standard. But what about frankincense (a costly and fragrant gum and oil from a tree in India and Arabia) and myrrh (an ...

After all, were it not for the 19th-century monarch, we might not celebrate Christmas with a well-appointed fir tree. Though people across the globe had been decorating temples and domestic ...

Following your senses in Oman: the beauty of the Frankincense trail - Dating back to Biblical times, frankincense is still ...

10. Bad Santa (2003) is the most expletive-filled Christmas movie ever made: It features 255 swear words. 11. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the first Muppet movie without Jim Henson. The movie came ...

This season will also witness the planting of 100 frankincense trees in the Wadi Dokah Reserve, and on December 2, there will be a celebration of the inclusion of the Frankincense Land sites on the ...

The Chestnut Oak Tree, scientifically known as Quercus prinus, is a vital component of temperate forest ecosystems in North America. This majestic oak plays a crucial role in supporting biodiversity, ...