Hanging of the Greens

My church asked me to design a program cover for an upcoming "Hanging of the Greens" service. The service is all about the symbolism of Christmas (ie "Symbolically, the star-shaped formation of red leaves of a Poinsettia calls to mind the star which shone at that first Christmas" and "Christians took evergreens as a symbol of the everlasting life—unending life which is ours when we receive Christ as Savior and Lord.") So I wanted to do something that was a little abstract and not so literal...