garland

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Unlike the soft, pliable versions of the Christ child in his early Madonnas, this is a monumental, muscular putto, using his strength to hold that garland aloft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“If you had a tree or some garland with 1,000 lights, it might have 800. Things will just get watered down, and so you will be paying the same, if not more, for less.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Or why spend $30 on a holiday garland when you could make something similar out of shopping-bag cardboard?

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2025

It has a gold trim and, under the light, you can catch a glimpse of an intricate garland pattern.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

Still, he was surely the bridegroom; I saw that his forehead had been painted, and he wore a marigold garland.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan