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James	Dec 10 2008, 1:14am Anchor
Does anybody have any Christmas New Products or Ideas that would be great for all florist shops?
Chillaxe	Dec 11 2008, 1:27am Anchor
I have not seen to much new stuff this year hopefully somebody has same ideas.
EFlowersAlive	Dec 20 2008, 11:01am Anchor
Is there a Santa Claus???? In September 1897, a little girl wrote a letter to the New York Sun Newspaper, in which she said….. Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.Papa says, “If you see it in ‘the Sun’ it’s so.”Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon.The letter was handed to Frank Church, a journalist who wrote for the paper’s editorial page. He was apparently a crusty fellow and it is said that with an air of resignation he took the letter and sat at his desk and wrote the reply which was published in ‘The Sun’ on September 21 1897.At the time, Church would not have realized his reply was to be considered one of the most beautiful letters ever written. Over the last one hundred years, it has probably been re-printed millions of times, more than any other newspaper article ever written in any language. ‘The Sun’ received requests from all over America to repeat the exact text on Christmas DayFor those who enjoy reading such beautiful lines we now publish the full text of the original reply written by Frank Church to Virginia O’Hanlon. “…...Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world around him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes Virginia , there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life it’s highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished,Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that is no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah! Virginia in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.” Reproduced by EFlowersAlive Christmas 2008 This letter was originally reproduced many years ago by Norman Loader of Pine Valley Flowers at Dural NSW, (flower grower) who knew the POWER of the FLOWER. Florists do not need all that (new stuff). Flowers do not need enhancing with "buttons & Bows", in fact if you watch other products, they use FLOWERS to enhance their products to sell them. It is the florists role to present FLOWERS in such a way that they shine in all their glory and not hidden under a heap of accessories. Let you flowers do all the work. Flowers and their thoughts are the reason why people come to a florist. A little touch of the occasion in proportion is great but dont over do it. Here's wishing you all in FLOWERGOSS a visit from Santa Claus (heis real, because you are a REAL LIVE FLORIST) this Christmas. May you all broadcast LOVE PEACE and JOY with your FLOWERS now and into 2009 (when we will all need the POWER OF THE FLOWER. Seasons Greetings from it's WISE with EflowersAlive Ron
Chillaxe	Dec 21 2008, 11:33pm Anchor
Thats great thanks Ron
katherine	Dec 23 2008, 11:21pm Anchor
Merry Christmas to you too Ron, Thanks for the story.
James	Dec 25 2008, 12:37am Anchor
Thanks for that Ron

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James

Dec 10 2008, 1:14am Anchor

Does anybody have any Christmas New Products or Ideas that would be great for all florist shops?

Chillaxe

Dec 11 2008, 1:27am Anchor

I have not seen to much new stuff this year hopefully somebody has same ideas.

EFlowersAlive

Dec 20 2008, 11:01am Anchor

Is there a Santa Claus????

In September 1897, a little girl wrote a letter to the New York Sun Newspaper, in which she said….. Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.Papa says, “If you see it in ‘the Sun’ it’s so.”Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon.The letter was handed to Frank Church, a journalist who wrote for the paper’s editorial page. He was apparently a crusty fellow and it is said that with an air of resignation he took the letter and sat at his desk and wrote the reply which was published in ‘The Sun’ on September 21 1897.At the time, Church would not have realized his reply was to be considered one of the most beautiful letters ever written. Over the last one hundred years, it has probably been re-printed millions of times, more than any other newspaper article ever written in any language. ‘The Sun’ received requests from all over America to repeat the exact text on Christmas DayFor those who enjoy reading such beautiful lines we now publish the full text of the original reply written by Frank Church to Virginia O’Hanlon. “…...Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world around him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes Virginia , there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life it’s highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished,Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that is no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah! Virginia in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.” Reproduced by EFlowersAlive Christmas 2008

This letter was originally reproduced many years ago by Norman Loader of Pine Valley Flowers at Dural NSW, (flower grower) who knew the POWER of the FLOWER.
Florists do not need all that (new stuff). Flowers do not need enhancing with "buttons & Bows", in fact if you watch other products, they use FLOWERS to enhance their products to sell them. It is the florists role to present FLOWERS in such a way that they shine in all their glory and not hidden under a heap of accessories. Let you flowers do all the work. Flowers and their thoughts are the reason why people come to a florist. A little touch of the occasion in proportion is great but dont over do it.
Here's wishing you all in FLOWERGOSS a visit from Santa Claus (heis real, because you are a REAL LIVE FLORIST) this Christmas. May you all broadcast LOVE PEACE and JOY with your FLOWERS now and into 2009 (when we will all need the POWER OF THE FLOWER. Seasons Greetings from it's WISE with EflowersAlive Ron

Chillaxe

Dec 21 2008, 11:33pm Anchor

Thats great thanks Ron

katherine

Dec 23 2008, 11:21pm Anchor

Merry Christmas to you too Ron, Thanks for the story.

James

Dec 25 2008, 12:37am Anchor

Thanks for that Ron