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Decking the halls with boughs of holly, the “snow-white wood of winter,” traditionally signals the beginning of the Christmas season.
It is a tradition that probably began with the ancient Romans, who used holly to decorate for Saturnalia, their celebration of the winter solstice, according to Wood magazine.
The publication, in its December issue, says that today the gathering of holly’s thick, green, spiky leaves with bright red berries has become a seasonal industry along the Southeastern U.S. seaboard. - In a range that extends from Massachusetts to Florida and west to the Missouri River, holly varies in size from a bush to a tree of 50 feet high.
Northern winters keep holly small, but it thrives in Arkansas and east Texas, according to Wood. There, holly trees develop a dense, pyramid shape with many short, horizontal branches. The broad, leather-like leaves
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