HOLLY FOR CHRISTMAS.
Like so many of our other picturesque customs it was from the Romans we received the idea of using holly as a decoration at Christmas. They used it in connection with their feast of Saturnalia, the festival held in honour of Saturn, the Roman god. During this festival, which lasted seven days, the pagan Roman sent sprigs of holly to his friends with wishes for their health and well-being. When Christianity swept away the pagan gods of Rome, the early Christians continued the use of holly to decorate their churches and dwellings, and they did this at . ;
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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