From boughs of holly to chestnuts to the Christmas tree ... do not think of is that posed by the plants commonly found in wreaths and flower arrangements. Created or grown elsewhere and shipped ...

When the holly plant’s limbs are cut, it is called a bough of holly. Holly is commonly used in Christmas decorations. While reading the word, you might think “bough” rhymes with “rough ...

Wreaths symbolize eternity because ... without withering [fidelity and God unchanging], the holly and ivy and the Passion, but used at Christmas time, and the pomegranate, as seen above, which ...