Mark Nagle leaves his better job and home in Seattle when his 6-year-old orphaned niece Holly, who stopped communicating after her mother's death, isn't allowed to pass to the next grade.

If you ask me, holly is the epitome of Christmas foliage. Don't get me wrong, I love the striking red flowers on a poinsettia and the intriguing trails of a Christmas cactus but holly is ...

The familiar carols proclaim this message, with “Joy to the World” resounding in thousands of churches, while its secular counterpart exhorts listeners to have “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” ...

Holly and ivy are traditional rivals in the forest, representing masculine and feminine traits respectively, and they have been customary Christmas decorations since the late medieval period.

From whitewashing the walls of the cottage and a “Christmas morning dip in the icy sea” to placing a candle in the window and decorating homes with holly, McDonough shares how these simple ...

When the holly plant’s limbs are cut, it is called a bough of holly. Holly is commonly used in Christmas decorations. While reading the word, you might think “bough” rhymes with “rough ...