The Druids believed that holly or Ilex was sacred. It is considered that the plant was green all year, which was especially favored by the sun. Christian legend says that one winter night, holly miraculously grew leaves out the season in order to hide the Holy Family from Herod's soldiers. Since then he has been an evergreen tree as a token of gratitude for Christ. 
Holly is one of the trees, said the tree of the cross of Christ. Legend tells us that the trees of the forests refused the defilement of the cross, broken into small pieces with a touch of the ax. Only the holly behaved like an ordinary tree, which can be cut and formed into a cross. It's like a symbol of the passion that Holly is in the images of several saints. Their presence indicates that the saint is well to reflect on the Passion of Christ or predict it.
In Germany, holly is called Christdorn in the memory of Christ's crown of thorns. According to legend, the holly branches were woven into a painful crown and placed at the head of Christ, while the soldiers mocked him, saying: "Hail, King of the Jews". Holly berries are used to being white in the blood of Christ, but left with a permanent red stain.
Another legend about this Christmas plant says that an orphaned child living with the shepherds when the angels came to announce the birth of the newborn king. Having no gift for the baby, the child wove a crown of holly branches for his head. But when I was before Christ, who is ashamed of poverty and began to mourn. Miraculously, Jesus touched the crown and began to glow, while the tears of orphans became beautiful red berries.
Holly is one of the trees, said the tree of the cross of Christ. Legend tells us that the trees of the forests refused the defilement of the cross, broken into small pieces with a touch of the ax. Only the holly behaved like an ordinary tree, which can be cut and formed into a cross. It's like a symbol of the passion that Holly is in the images of several saints. Their presence indicates that the saint is well to reflect on the Passion of Christ or predict it. In Germany, holly is called Christdorn in the memory of Christ's crown of thorns. According to legend, the holly branches were woven into a painful crown and placed at the head of Christ, while the soldiers mocked him, saying: "Hail, King of the Jews". Holly berries are used to being white in the blood of Christ, but left with a permanent red stain. Another legend about this Christmas plant says that an orphaned child living with the shepherds when the angels came to announce the birth of the newborn king. Having no gift for the baby, the child wove a crown of holly branches for his head. But when I was before Christ, who is ashamed of poverty and began to mourn. Miraculously, Jesus touched the crown and began to glow, while the tears of orphans became beautiful red berries.
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