Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
A Novel Christmas Decoration.
You can save expense on your decorations for the festive season, and give them an individual touch at the same time, making your own holly berries. Take as many dried peas as you require, melt a little red sealing wax, and dip the peas in, coating them smoothly; while they are still warm pierce each pea with a piece of fine wire, when dry form into sprays to be used with foliage.
Description source: Queensland Times, 4 November 1946
Image source: Queensland State Archives Item ID 1640284