<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e34d3ba4-9542-4dd5-bb61-a397f5bd8582/56CBAFB1-1786-474D-AE7C-A44FCBEF422A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012" style="font-size: 11px;">ezinearticles.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012"><DIV class="art_title"> Christmas Greenery </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012"><P>The use of greenery at Christmas time is a beautiful old custom. Holly and mistletoe are two evergreens that are inseparably connected with Christmas, in fact, Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without them!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012"><P>Holly and mistletoe can be bought in local street markets in the run up to Xmas, or if you are lucky enough to have a large garden or live near woods, you may be able to gather them yourself.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ezinearticles.com/?Christmas-Greenery&id=3184012"><P>English mistletoe has large white berries and grey-green leaves whereas American mistletoe is olive green and the berries form large clusters. Both types grow by attaching themselves to large trees. Legend has it that mistletoe was used by the mysterious celtic Druids of Wales in their festive rites at the time of the winter solstice, and thus, like many Xmas traditions, is pagan in origin.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/56CBAFB1-1786-474D-AE7C-A44FCBEF422A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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