Happy birthday, December babies! Your birth flowers are the holly and the paperwhite narcissus! The holly and the paperwhite narcissus are festive hallmarks of the holiday season, with berries and blooms that appear in the colder months of the year. So what kind of folklore surrounds these two birth flowers? The ancient Celts would bring the evergreens into the homes at the winter solstice. It was thought to symbolize protection from evil (perhaps due to its spiny leaves?) and the renewal of lif