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a circle that survives both your front door and your funeral with equal dignity.
means A ring of intertwined flowers, leaves, or branches used as decoration or as a token of honor and remembrance.
from From Old English 'writha,' meaning a band or coil — something twisted into a ring. It belongs to the same family as 'writhe' and 'wrest,' all rooted in the old Germanic sense of turning and twisting. So a wreath is, at heart, a thing wrought by bending: greenery coaxed against its straight nature into an unbroken circle.
- victory crown
- Olympic champions wore laurel wreaths, no medals required
- endless shape
- The circle symbolizes eternity, hence funeral and holiday use
- ancient origin
- Etruscans wore golden wreaths in religious ceremonies
- advent count
- Four candles in a wreath mark weeks before Christmas
- caesar crown
- Roman laurels also hid emperors' embarrassing bald spots
for instance
anderson cooper wreath — cnn anchor famously laughs uncontrollably every year during holiday wreath segments
white house christmas wreath — official 6-foot diameter wreath hung on the north portico each december since 1961