Feelings and Flowers

Many large corporation send out corporate gifts for the holidays however due to the large diversity of people and beliefs, they have to be careful not to offend anyone in the process.  Choosing a suitable Christmas corporate gift can be challenging, especially if you are sending to a large number of people that you are not sure of beliefs and practices.  Safe bets that can work for any individual are Christmas gift bouquets, Christmas floral arrangement, a simple basket of Christmas flowers, gift baskets, or perhaps Chocolate Gift Basket.  The word Christmas is in front of the description only symbolizes the arrangement types focusing on traditional holiday colors of the season.  You should avoid getting corporate gifts that have any religious symbolism or even Santa symbolism on them unless you know the recipient personally.  What is so great about gifting flowers or gift baskets as they offer the diversity you as a corporation are looking for.  You can easily select one item to gift for all and be perfectly safe in your holiday gifting.  

Corporate Christmas gifts were commonly only gifted to the bigger clients that provided a lot of revenue through out the year in order to show appreciation and keep a solid business relationship.  Now days, act of gifting not only is done with clients, but employees.  This has proven to pay off nicely for companies by increasing workplace moral and productivity.  Whether you are sending corporate gifts to large clients or to employees, you will find a huge selection of corporate Christmas gifts to choose from through the Brant Florist website!  Everyone likes to be appreciated and the holidays are a great time to show that by gifting Corporate Christmas gifts.

Although you never need a reason to send flowers, special dates and events like birthdays, anniversaries, new born baby, get well, deaths, new home, thinking of you, holidays, and romancing are more of the most common reasons people send flowers.  

Here are some more popular dates in December to send flowers, so make sure to mark your calendars.    

December 10: Human Rights Day (Friday)
December 12: National Poinsettia Day! (Sunday)
December 21: Winter Solstice (Tuesday)
December 24: Christmas Eve (Friday) & National Egg Nog Day
December 25: Christmas Day (Saturday) & National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26: Boxing Day (Sunday) &; Kwanzaa Begins
December 31: New Year’s Eve (Friday)

As most know, Poinsettias are known to be one of the main favorite Christmas flower but did you know it has a couple hidden secrets that if you were not a flower person you might not know… even some flower people don’t always know the hidden secrets this gorgeous flower holds.  

Here’s is one of the hidden secrets about Poinsettias:  
The stalks of the Poinsettias have a milky fluid in them that contains latex.  This is typically not harmful however, it is quite bitter tasting so although not poisonous to your pets, they will not enjoy the taste and very possibly get an upset tummy!  If you are allergic to latex, you should not handle the plant without gloves.   

Another hidden secret that is actually a myth is that the poinsettia is poisonous.  The truth is the poinsettia is actually quite harmless to both children and pets.  The poinsettia has been tested extensively for toxicity, but all tests come up negative or very low.  According to studies done by POISENDEX, the source of poison information for the majority of poison control centers, it a 50 pound child would have to ingest more than 1¼ lbs of poinsettia leaves (about 500 to 600 leaves) to get sick.  Now that is a lot of eating and a whole bunch of lack of supervision!  The ASPCA’s website list the poinsettia as slightly toxic to dogs and cats, saying it can cause irritation in the stomach and mouth, but does ALSO point out it is generally over-rated in toxicity.  However, The American Veterinary Medicine Association of America (AVMA), does not include poinsettias on it’s list of plants that are a threat to animals.

Even though the risks associated with the poinsettia is so low, it is not wise to have this plant within reach of curious pets or little children – not due to toxicity, but do to the safety of the plant.  Little hands and pets have a tendency to “play” with these beauties, which can leave them looking rather torn.  

The final hidden although not so much is that the poinsettia has its own special day, yet not many know this.  The poinsettia is so popular that December 12th has been made the Official Poinsettia Day!  Get your fresh beautiful poinsettias from Brant Florist in time to celebrate such a grand flower event!