Lent is not impeded upon by Easter in the same way that, culturally, Advent is in competition with Christmas ... craft of weaving a decorative crown of thorns for Lent. This can be done with ...

Christmas celebrations are known to be colourful ... With sharp leaves and red berries, Holly recalls the crown of thorns Jesus wore and the bloodshed at His crucifixion. In Mexican folklore ...

both evergreen plants are traditional Christmas symbols: the holly for part of the same reason as the Glastonbury Rose is, because it represents the Crown of Thorns that the Savior will wear ...

Here are just a few of the legends surrounding our most popular Christmas plants ... with the Christian symbolism of Jesus’ crown of thorns, but there are a lot of other folklore tales of ...