Can you tell the differences between?
Two are Dahoon Hollies
One's Brazilian Pepper, by golly!
Both are Christmasy red and green.
(The native Dahoon Holly, first and third photos, have simple leaves. The invasive and non-native Brazilian Pepper has compound leaflets that on pepper busts, I like to remember with the rhyme, "Leaves of 7, send it to heaven!")
Sources: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/TOOLS/TURF/PESTS/broadsimcom.html
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