Category: Christmas
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‘One Tank Trip’ takes 69 News viewers behind the scenes to show how Royer’s prepares for the holidays
What was an Allentown-based TV news station that has a Berks County edition doing at Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon? Seeing how merry is made, that’s what. WFMZ-TV’s 69 News sent reporter Karin Mallett and photographer Patrick Manwiller to Royer’s as part of the station’s weekly “One Tank Trip” series. Royer’s has three Berks County…
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We’ve developed a new Christmas arrangement, and you can name it
Santa needs a helper. Royer’s has developed a new arrangement for the holiday season, but we need help naming it. This is where you come in, by entering our name-the-Christmas-arrangement contest. A lucky winner will receive one of the arrangements that he or she has named. The arrangement, in a red mason jar, will include…
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Behind the scenes of our holiday visit to Fox 43
Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, is a regular contributor to Fox 43 Morning News. For his final visit of 2014 to the station’s York studio, he brought with him poinsettias, a carnation snowman and other symbols of the holiday season. You can view the entire segment by clicking here. Meanwhile, here are some…
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Santa has a new ride: our 1969 Ford Econoline van
Sure, you picture him riding in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. But Santa is spending part of this holiday season behind the wheel of our classic 1969 Ford Econoline delivery van. The van is parked at our Columbia location, where store manager Patti Barclay decorated it for the yuletide. Just in case the headlights…
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There’s no cutting corners with these square holiday wreaths
Teddy Roosevelt had his Square Deal. Huey Lewis said it was hip to be square. We have the square holiday wreath, and it’s pretty hip. Of course, you’ll still find more round wreaths, but we’re stocking a small number of square wreaths in each of our stores. No matter the shape of your evergreen wreath,…
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Poinsettia primer: learning about and caring for the most popular holiday plant
We typically think of the North Pole when it comes to Christmas, but the most popular holiday plant originates with our neighbor to the south. Poinsettias are native to Mexico and were introduced to the United States in 1825 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. In fact, Poinsett’s death…
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Barry talks Thanksgiving flowers and Christmas wreaths with Fox 43 Morning News
Before his latest appearance on Fox 43, Barry Spengler stopped at a drugstore for a bottle of hairspray. It wasn’t an act of vanity. Rather, Barry brought it to the TV studio as a prop for his visit with Fox 43’s Amanda McCall. She introduced Barry, Royer’s vice president of operations, by noting: “The food…
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You’re invited to our holiday open house, Nov. 29-30
There’s no need to stop at Black Friday. What are you doing the rest of the weekend? Join us for our annual holiday open house. All of our stores will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. We’ll be offering: • 30 percent off Christmas silk arrangements…
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Royer’s stores collecting ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’ Nov. 17-Dec. 5
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts and the American Red Cross are teaming up this year to deliver “Holiday Mail for Heroes.” From Nov. 17 through Dec. 5, Royer’s stores will collect holiday cards and coloring pages that will be delivered to patients at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Red Cross volunteers will organize the cards and…
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Santa’s workshop has nothing on our central design department
But for movies and TV specials, we don’t see much of what goes on in Santa’s workshop. The North Pole is pretty far away, after all. Anyway, it’s closer to Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon, which includes our offices, distribution center, greenhouses. It’s also home to our own workshop — central design — where dozens…