Evergreens

There were feasting and gifts and the houses were hung with evergreens.

They stood silent, not looking at each other, but looking at the evergreens which were being tossed, and were showing the pale underside of their leaves against the blackening sky.

As you travel farther south, you begin to see more broadleaf evergreens in the forests.

The use of evergreens during winter holiday celebrations started in ancient times. Early Romans, for example, probably included evergreens with other plants during a celebration in honor of their god of agriculture.