Christmas Rose Enters Yale's Festival Mood
Christmas rose or Helleborus niger is not a true rose but a winter bloom in the crowfoot family. It stands about a foot high, bears seven or eight white petals tinted pink, and endures snow with shelter. Most plants are imported from Belgium and the Netherlands, thriving in western soils. The plant, used by Romans for medicine, is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean, with the Christmas-raste variety tracing to Austria.
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Belgium
Netherlands
Anticyra
Horace
Europe
Mediterranean
Austria
Noel Preparations Begin Early in Norwegian Christmas
In Norway preparations for Christmas start six months before December 24. Families harvest hides for leather, weave cloth on hand looms, and have cobblers tailors and dressmakers visit homes. Each member makes gifts and clothing, and children help craft a three pronged tree topper for the Christmas tree.
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Iristmas
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Christmas rose blooms in unusual season brings pink tint
The Christmas rose appears from December to March with white blooms that take a pink tint. Legend says a young shepherd girl offered no gift to the Holy Child, and an angel caused lilies along the Bethlehem path to turn pink as they blossomed.
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Bethlehem
Poinsettia Bloom and Care Lessons from Short Day Plants
The Poinsettia blooms in the Christmas season as a short day plant needing 10 hours of light or less. It can be forced by extending daylight to 15 hours with artificial light. To save for next season, store in a dry basement after blooming, with minimal watering, then replant in fresh soil after pruning in May.
Bay and Rosemary in Christmas Plant Traditions
The piece traces ancient beliefs linking bay and rosemary to Christmas. It cites legends that bay sheltered the Holy Family during a storm and that rosemary's white flowers turned blue to match Mary’s cloak, while rosemary is tied to the flight into Egypt and Christ’s garments.
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Bates
Lord
Egypt
Herod
Christ
Laverdar
Mary
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