Category: Holidays
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Plants that will bring you luck in the New Year
A new year means a whole 365 days of new experiences and opportunities await. Of course, everyone wants to have a prosperous and successful year. According to certain beliefs, there are plants that can help with that. Growing and keeping these plants in your environment could supposedly make 2025 your luckiest year yet: Peace Lily…
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Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of our Christmas Gift Guide where we’re helping you find something for everyone on your list. Part 1, which features our first 12 categories, was posted on Dec. 16. With just a few days left until Christmas, we hope the rest of this guide eases some of your Christmas shopping anxiety.…
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Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Part 1
We’ve got something for everyone on your list. If you’re looking for Christmas gift inspiration or you’re at a loss as to what to get the person that has everything, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve created a gift guide with 24 categories to help you find the perfect present. Because we have so…
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Keeping Pets Safe Around Holiday Plants
Plants are a beautiful, traditional way to celebrate the holidays. However, some of the plants associated with Christmas are dangerous to our furry friends. If you have a pet and are planning to use live plants to decorate for the holidays, it’s important to know which plants are toxic to pets and how to keep…
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Mantel Decorating Ideas
“And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” Having a mantel in your home offers the opportunity to create a stunning Christmas scene. We’ve compiled some ideas to help you make a “Pinterest worthy” mantel for the holidays. 1. Make the Wreath the Star…
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How to Care for Cut Boxwood Trees
Boxwood trees are the perfect Christmas decoration. They look just like miniature Christmas trees, making them great for those who wish they could have a tree in every room of their house and for those who want something small. They are also great for those who want something festive in their office at work. Once…
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Host Gift Guide
The season of family and friend gatherings has arrived with Thanksgiving just around the corner. If you’re not hosting this year and want to show your appreciation to the host of the party but don’t know where to start or what is appropriate, we’ve got you covered. Whether it’s Friendsgiving at your besties or Thanksgiving…
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Christmas is a cold-weather holiday, but poinsettias like it warm
Christmas is celebrated around the world, but it clearly leans into cold weather.Red poinsettias are the most popular color. Santa lives at the North Pole, after all. Among the most common holiday imagery are snow-covered evergreens, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. But it doesn’t take a lot of…
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Best Flowers for the Thanksgiving table
If you’re hosting Thanksgiving this year you have a lot on your plate from meal planning and cooking, to coordinating schedules and setting up the pullout couch. We know you’re working hard to make it a memorable holiday. To help ease some of the stress and make one decision easier, we’ve created a list of…
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Name-the-arrangement contest sparkles with ‘Merriment,’ chosen for new holiday design
By day, Jennifer Davis of Lebanon is an engineer, writing test plans for satellites. At night she comes back to earth with what she called her “email wind-down routine,” which is how Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ name-the-arrangement contest came into her orbit. She submitted a couple entries, winning with “Merriment,” which put a figurative bow…