Sacha wrote:
What a horrible thing to do, I'm so sorry to hear of it Kate. Somehow,
this sort of thing seems even more mean and tawdry at Christmas.

To be honest, the person who took it probably didn't think they were doing
any harm - "oh look, there's a holly bush, no-one will mind if we take a
bit", kind of thing. It's easily done.

Spirit of goodwill to all men, and all that, it's probably healthier to
think better of people than worse. :-)