You’d give fancy wrapped holly boughs to toga-clothed friends and business associates. Your services would be in high demand during the festival of Saturnalia, which spanned about a week at the ...

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 ...

the holly bough is one of St. John the Baptist's symbols; the Saint heralded our Lord's coming as Isaiah did in the Old Testament. The ivy is so perennially green, that it symbolizes fidelity and ...