December claims three birth flowers: the paperwhite narcissus for pure hope and singular devotion, holly for protection and a happy home, and the poinsettia for festive blessing and goodwill. Together they light up the year's end.
December claims three birth flowers: the paperwhite narcissus for pure hope and singular devotion, holly for protection and a happy home, and the poinsettia for festive blessing and goodwill. Together they light up the year's end.
December-born people carry an unsinkable optimism and a warmth that gathers people in. Like lights in midwinter, they brighten whatever room they enter — and they can find something to celebrate even in a hard season.
Paperwhites bloom indoors in the depths of winter, a little spring ahead of schedule. Holly's evergreen leaves and red berries made it a symbol of protection in European midwinter customs long before it decked Christmas halls, while the poinsettia comes from Mexico, where it is called the flower of Nochebuena — Christmas Eve — and legend says it first blazed red from a poor child's humble gift.
A red poinsettia is the surest way to gift the season itself. For something quieter, a paperwhite bulb kit in a glass jar gives its recipient a fragrant countdown to the new year.