Christmas Plants and Flowers

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Christmas Plants and Flowers

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The Holly
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  • The holly usually adorn the christmas wreath commonly seen on doors and windows.
    In the ancient time, this was the kind of plant that grew in all its beauty during christmas time when most of other trees were bare of foliage or greenery. The people then sent twigs of holly to their friends as signs of goodwill and to express their wishes for good fortune in the future.
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The Bay & Rosemary

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Bay leaves
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Rosemary
  • Long time ago, it was believed that Rosemary leaves and Bay leaves were used to adorn the houses and churches at the time of Christmas.

    According to tradition, it was the bay leaves and purple berries, that sheltered the Holy Family during a thunderstorm. As a result, it was believed that lightning will not strike a bay tree and so many people took its branches and leaves into their houses at Christmas time as a protection against misfortune.
  • The connection of the rosemary plant with Christmas also goes back to the early childhood of the Lord Jesus Christ, specifically, when they were on their way to Egypt to escape the wrath and jealousy of King Herod. It's been said that its branches are believed to have held the little garments of the Christ Child that were placed upon them by the Virgin Mother.
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Christmas wreath of bay & rosemary.
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The Blossoming Rosemary

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  • The rosemary, also known as sea dew, blossoms twice each year, once in springtime and next in August.
    In the ancient times, it's been said that rosemary blossoms were supposed to be white and colorless but in honor of the Virgin Mary it changed its color to bluish-purple.
    Stories said that on the Holy Family's way to Egypt, the Virgin mother held up her purple robe over a rosemary bush. Its pleasant scent was believed to have come from the little clothes of the Christ Child that were hung on its branches.
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