Christmas flowers Christmas flowers Christmas flowers are the popular flowers used during the festive season of Christmas. In many nations, seasonal flowers and plants such as Poinsettia, Christmas cactus, holly, Christmas rose, ivy and mistletoe form a major part of traditional Christmas decoration. The ancient Aztecs (ruling tribe in central Mexico at the time of contact with Europe) prized the poinsettia as a symbol of purity. Centuries later, Mexico's early Christians adopted the poinsettia as their prized Christmas Eve flower. The Mexican poinsettia, known as the Christmas Flower in North America, is used in most Christmas decorations, owing to its bright red
Christmas tree production in Mexico of the species Mexican White Pine ("Pinus Ayacahuite"), Mexican Pinyon ("Pinus Cembroides"), and Sacred Fir (Oyamel - "Abies Religiosa"). In 2011 the USDA included a more exhaustive list in a report of Mexican tree farming that included: Mexican White Pine ("Pinus ayacahuite"), Douglas Fir, Mexican Pinyon, Sacred Fir, and the Aleppo Pine ("Pinus halepensis"). Christmas in Mexico Christmas tree production in Mexico Until the 1990s most Christmas tree production in Mexico was limited to what could be taken from natural forests. Beginning in the 1990s trees were grown on plantations and in nurseries. By 2008 Mexico produced 800,000 Christmas trees