3. Decorate your garland Similarly to making your own space-saving Christmas tree, the most fun part of creating a homemade garland is that you can decorate how and with whatever you please.

Throughout history, Christmas garlands have been handcrafted from the trimmed boughs of fresh trees, clusters of holly, paper and even popcorn. But nowadays, when most of us buy artificial and pre ...

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3 The use of Christmas garlands featuring holly leaves and berries dates back to Roman times Credit: Getty Images It is thought Christians adopted holly as a symbol of Christmas from this festival.

The Celts wore holly wreaths and sprigs as a form of protection from evil spirits—but how this plant end up associated with Christmas is a whole other story.

FOR THE HOLIDAYS that inspire me to decorate, notably Christmas, I tend to repeat things year after year. I haul out the same old strings of lights and plastic holly garlands from the basement ...

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