Decorating our home with evergreen boughs is one of the oldest winter holiday traditions and represents everlasting life and hope for the return of spring. Used in festivals since ancient times this tradition was first introduced to the northern states in the 1800s and has become ever more popular.
I love the simplicity of using evergreen boughs or cuttings from leaf bearing bushes, puting them in a container or just making a bundle and adding a fabric bow. Just a walk around your backyard might give you the things you need for these very simple decorations.
Above all don't be afraid to try! Nothing in nature is perfect and is not meant to be, so just play with the things you find and add this to one of the fun things you do for the holidays.
A little place for me to share my love of a more simple time in our history.
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