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Want to make your Valentine really happy? Want to woo a new Valentine? Want to show your Valentine how much you love her? Flowers And a poem go hand in hand. Here is one of Eden Florist’s most popular floral arrangements, Sweet Thoughts:
Starting at only $44.95, the sweet Thoughts consists fo a graceful heart of bear grass… tied with purple waxflower blossoms… forms a heart that appears to float above the velvety red roses in this delightful bouquet, arranged in a ruby-red cube vase. Send this beautiful floral arrangement to someone you love, and they’ll think sweet thoughts about you! Red roses and purple waxflower accented with variegated pittosporum and bear grass arrive in a red glass cube vase. (choice of colors)
Romantic Valentine’s Poetry:
Shall I Compare Thee
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?
Thou are more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare
February 11th, 2010
Did you know?
More than 100 million roses are sold at Valentine’s Day. Of cut flower purchases, Valentine’s Day ranks #1, making it the number one holiday for many florists.
Of Valentine’s floral purchases, 64% are made by men and 36% by women. What are they buying?
78% Cut flowers
15% Flowering houseplants
5% Outdoor bedding and garden plants
2% Green plants
Of cut flowers purchased, 45% are roses, 34% mixed flowers, 13% carnations, and 8% other single flower types. Of roses purchased, 74% are red, 10% pink, 5% peach/salmon, 3% yellow, 2% white, 4% mixed colors, 2% other. For whom are they buying?
Men:
84% wife/significant other
4% friend
5% mother
3% daughter
5% other
Women:
24% mother
19% husband/significant other
13% daughter
14% self
12% friend
6% parents
2% grandmother
1% sister
9% other
Source: Society of American Florists Survey results are from a nationwide survey of 481 men and 534 women conducted by Bruskin/Goldring Research
Love is very patient and kind,
never jealous or envious,
never boastful or proud,
never haughty or selfish or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable or touchy.
It does not hold grudges
and will hardly even notice
when others do it wrong.
It is never glad about injustice,
but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
If you love someone you
will be loyal to him
no matter what the cost.
You will always believe in him,
Always expect the best of him
and always stand your ground
in defending him.
All the special gifts
and powers from God
will someday come to an end,
but love goes on forever.
Living Bible I Corinthians 13:4-8
Check out Valentines Traditions Around the World and Even More Valentine Traditions Around the World
February 10th, 2010
Valentine Quiz
Take the Valentine Quiz and test your knowledge of Valentine’s Day…
1. What did people used to believe would happen if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day?
2. Who imprisoned Valentine?
3. Why was he imprisoned?
4. On what date was Valentine supposedly executed?
5. How many Valentine cards will be bought in a year?
6. Name 2 countries, other than the U.S., that celebrate Valentine’s Day.
7. In Roman mythology, February 14th is associated with which goddess?
8. What custom does the saying “He wears his heart on his sleeve” come from?
9. What is the flower associated with Valentine’s Day?
10. When did Hallmark make its first Valentine Card?
Bonus question:
How do you write I Love You in German? In French? In Spanish? In Italian? In Portuguese? In Cantonese?
Get the answers here: http://www.tulipstalk.com/valentine-quiz-answers/
Check out Tulips Talk Valentine’s Day Trivia ~ http://www.tulipstalk.com/valentine-trivia-2/
February 8th, 2010
News Flash: Valentines Day was not created by the greeting card industry. Here’s the real story of how Valentines Day originated.
Despite occasional grumblings that it was invented by the greeting card industry, Valentine’s Day actually has a long, rich history. Its earliest origins derive from a pagan festival called Lupercalia, in which Romans called upon the god Lupercus to keep the wolves away. As part of the festivities, Roman girls wrote their names on a slip of paper and placed them in a jar for the boys to draw from. The matches were supposed to be sweethearts until the next Lupercalia.
Lupercalia evolved into Valentine’s Day after Emperor Claudius II, believing married men would prefer staying with their families to fighting his wars, decreed that Roman soldiers were forbidden to wed. According to legend, a priest named Valentine conducted secret marriage ceremonies in defiance of the edict. On February 14, the eve of Lupercalia, he was beheaded for his crime.
After Valentine was sanctified, Christian priests adapted the pagan holiday, moving it back a day to honor him.
Remember to order your Valentine’s Day flowers early! Check out the Eden Florist website today for a selection of Valentine’s flowers, baskets, plants and balloons. Or call 954-981-5515.
Check out Valentine’s Traditions Around the World
February 7th, 2010
1. Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.
2. The Roman emperor named Claudius. Claudius was having trouble getting men to serve in his army. He felt many men would not volunteer to join because they did not want to leave their wives and families. He thought that if men were not married, they would join the army. So Claudius passed a new law which did not allow any more marriages. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, who was a minister, did not support the new law.
3. Even after Emperor Claudius passed the law, he kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. One night he was caught and thrown in jail and told he would be put to death.
4. On the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to the daughter signed “Love from your Valentine.” This was on February 14, 269 A. D.
5. Yearly more than 900 million cards will be exchanged. Valentine’s Day is second only to Christmas for the number of cards sent.
6. Canada, Britain, Italy, France, Denmark (in fact, most western countries).
7. Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love.
8. In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
9. Roses. They symbolize both peace and war, love and forgiveness.
White roses are for true love.
Red roses are for passion.
Yellow roses are for friendship.
Black roses mean farewell.
10. The Hallmark Company produced its first Valentine in 1913.
Bonus question:
How do you write I Love You in German? In French? In Spanish? In Italian? In Portuguese? In Cantonese?
German: Ich liebe Dich
French: Je t’aime
Spanish: Te amo
Italian: Ti amo
Remember to Order Flowers for your Valentine this Valentine’s Day!
February 7th, 2009
Here’s some Valentine Trivia you may not know…
God loved the flowers and invented soil. Man loved the flowers and invented vases. ~Variation of a saying by Jacques Deval
Medieval Europeans believed birds mated on February 14th.73% of U.S. men buy flowers on Valentine’s Day.15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.Queen Victoria sent over 2,500 Valentine’s during her reign.
The Welsh used to give each other wooden spoons on February 14th. During the nineteenth century, romantic Brits would simply pick the first person they say on February 14th to be their Valentine.Finns celebrate Valentine’s Day by being nice to their friends.
Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone on Valentine’s Day, 1876, If it weren’t for Mr. Bell, we’d still be spending each Valentine’s Day waiting by the telegraph.
In the 17th century, a hopeful maiden pinned five bay leaves to her pillow and ate a hard-boiled egg before going to sleep on Valentine’s Eve. It was believed this would make her dream about her future husband.
Red Hearts are an ancient symbol of love. Because the human heart beats faster when one is excited, the heart was thought to be the centre of emotion and feeling in ancient times.
Interlocking Hearts, also known as the true-love knot, represent two hearts joined as one. Sometimes the true-love knot is joined with a capital “A”. The “A” stands for the Latin phrase “Amor vincit omnia”, meaning “Love conquers all.”
Valentine candy boxes are heart-shaped and tied with red ribbon to symbolize giving one’s heart.
To be awakened by a kiss on Valentine’s Day is considered very good luck.
In the United States, 64% of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic valentines day with their Sweethearts.
73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are Men while 27% are women.
188 Million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually.
February 5th, 2009
In Mexico the holiday is know as El Día de San Valentín, the day of love and friendship. Balloon vendors sell colorful, heart-shaped declarations of love, reading: Te Amo (I love you), Para mi amor (for my love), or Felicidades (congratulations). Chocolates and red roses are given to friends and family, as well as to lovers and spouses.
In Scotland Valentine’s Day is celebrated with a festival where equal numbers of single men and women write their names on pieces of paper, roll them up and place them in a men’s hat and women’s hat. Then each person takes the name of a person of the opposite sex. The man is obliged to stick with the valentine who has chosen him. A Scottish valentine superstition (also found in Italy and England ), says that an unmarried woman will marry the first man she sees on that day — or at least somebody who looks like him.
In Spain it is customary for courting couples to exchange gifts and for husbands to send their wives a bunch of roses.
In the United States and Canada men and women exchange gifts of flowers, candies and other finery such as jewelry, perfume and sexy clothing along with elaborate valentine cards bearing romantic messages.
In Wales wooden love spoons are carved and given as gifts on Feb. 14. Hearts, keys and keyholes are favorite decorations on the spoons, meaning: “You unlock my heart.”
By the Way, there’s still time to order flowers for your Valentine!
February 12th, 2008
In France young unmarried people as well as older unmarried people would go into houses facing each other and start calling out across from one window to another, pairing off with the one they have chosen. If the young man didn’t fancy his valentine he would desert her and as a result afterwards a bonfire would be lit where the young ladies would burn images of the young man and would yell out abuse as she burnt the image of the young man.
In Germany women plant onions in pots, giving each a man’s name and placing them near the fireplace. The first sprouting onion is the husband-to-be.
In Japan downtown Tokyo department stores sell elegantly wrapped chocolates, but the candy buyers are all women. In Japan women are expected to give men chocolates. On Feb. 14, office ladies, known as OLs in Japanese, buy giri chocos — obligation chocolates — for their bosses. If a woman is interested in someone, she lets him know by giving honmei chocolates “true feeling gifts,” which bear romantic messages.
In Italy Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a Spring Festival and his held in the open air. The young would gather in leafy glades or ornamental gardens, where they would listen to music and hear poetry read, then they would stroll off with their valentine together into the gardens. In Turin it was once customary for an engaged couple to announce their engagement on this day. For a while before the day shops would be decorated and filled with all sorts of bon-bons. In Rome St Valentine’s Day in known as Lupercalia – a very romantic and pleasure-loving occasion. Order your Valentine Flowers Early!
February 12th, 2008
Valentine Traditions Around the World
In Austria it has become customary for a young man to present his loved one with a bunch of flowers for Valentine’s Day.
In Australia during the gold rush, miners who were flushed with new found wealth paid high prices for elaborate valentines. The most extravagant of valentines were made of a satin cushion, perfumed, ornately designed with flowers, colored shells and a taxidermied humming bird or bird of paradise.
In Britain some unmarried women get up before sunrise on Valentine’s Day. They stand by the window watching for a man to pass. They believe that the first man they see, or someone who looks like him, will marry them within a year.In Denmark people press white flowers called snowdrops and send them to their friends. Danish men send a type of valentine called a gaekkebrev (joking letter). The sender writes a rhyme but does not sign his name. Instead, he signs the valentine with dots, one dot for each letter of his name. If the woman who gets it guesses his name, he rewards her with an Easter egg on Easter.
In 18th century England unmarried women would pin bay leaves to their pillow on Valentine’s Day in the hope of dreaming of their future husband. Others baked valentine buns with caraway seeds, plums or raisins.
Remember to order flowers for your VALENTINE EARLY!
February 10th, 2008
Take the Valentine Quiz…
1. What did people used to believe would happen if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day?
2. Who imprisoned Valentine?
3. Why was he imprisoned?
4. On what date was Valentine supposedly executed?
5. How many Valentine cards will be bought in a year?
6. Name 2 countries, other than the U.S., that celebrate Valentine’s Day.
7. In Roman mythology, February 14th is associated with which goddess?
8. What custom does the saying “He wears his heart on his sleeve” come from?
9. What is the flower associated with Valentine’s Day?
10. When did Hallmark make its first Valentine Card?
Bonus question:
How do you write I Love You in German? In French? In Spanish? In Italian? In Portuguese? In Cantonese?
Click Here for the answers!
February 10th, 2008
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