The answer is "A sprig of Mistletoe". Mistletoe refers to a plant which have leathery leaves and has berries under them. It is also a parasitic plant and you will not found this on the Christmas table but it will be found on the Christmas tree. Mistletoe sprigs are utilized for embellishing Christmas trees. It is an old agnostic practice which started in England and was polished by the early Christians. The custom included kissing under the mistletoe and culling or plucking a berry for each kiss until the point that every one of the berries were culled or plucked.
The element that is most likely to be featured in a work of realistic fiction is "well-defined character suggested by actual experience." This would provide the most realistic character.
People flock him to listen to his jokes and return home laughing. The Monk will make fun of himself. He make sure that there, in the crowd, were not a single gloomy face.