“Ya know, Val would make a pretty cute Great American ... take off and I’d have this whole career as, you know, playing Holly and Mary and every Christmas-y name you can think of?” ...

In hopes of making the temporary living situation permanent, Holly tries to convince Val that she'd be a perfect roommate, but instead proves to be a massive, albeit lovable, intrusion.

But the sacred symbolism of holly and ivy extends even further back into medieval England. Holly and ivy are traditional rivals in the forest, representing masculine and feminine traits ...