Most people believe that the white, deep green and red colours we associate with Christmas come from the snowy fields in the northern hemisphere winter contrasting with the brilliant evergreens and crimson berries on the holly plant. However, there is a legend that tells of a lamb making its way to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. Along the way, its fluffy white fleece was caught on a thorny holly plant and in the struggle to get free, the lamb pricked it's skin and tiny droplets of blood oozed out and were frozen onto the branches.
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