GARDEN TIP All About Wreaths The first sign of Christmas is the hanging of the Christmas wreath from the front door of the house. People take a lot of pain to make their wreaths look different ...

Only men were allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympic Games. Women had their own games called Heraia. Victors at the Olympics and the Heraia won the same prize: an olive branch wreath from the ...

"The olive wreath wasn't necessarily presented to ... the Olympic Games and the language of religion," he says. The ancient Olympic Games continued for centuries, until they were outlawed in ...