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 ...

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 ...

And yet there is much myth and folklore regarding these Christmas plants ... associated with the Christian symbolism of Jesus’ crown of thorns, but there are a lot of other folklore tales ...