berries and pine cones

Berries and pine cones remind us of the season.  Both come from living things.  Both though in a way have to die to bring new life.  In the berry we find the seeds of new life- but the berry must be eaten first to get to the seed.  Pine cones come from the tree.  Yet when fire comes the cones explode spreading the seeds of new life.  Reminds me of Christmas- Christ lived so that he might die, but in death comes new life.