If there’s one holiday custom that never goes out of style, it’s hanging a holiday wreath on your exterior door. This tradition hails back to ancient times when wreaths were considered to be symbols of honor, victory and eternal life in Rome and Greece. In Europe, pagan rituals also used wreaths to represent the cycle of the seasons. By the 16th century, Christians in Europe began using evergreen wreaths during Christmas to symbolize eternal life and God's endless love. This custom spread throughout the continent and reached North America, where, by the 19th century, it became widely practiced, especially in the U.S., where wreaths came to embody the themes of hospitality and the holiday spirit.
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