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Valentine's Day: Flowers
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ATLANTA, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day, forgo the chocolates and the flowers, the balloons and cuddly stuffed animals, and even the fancy night out on the town. Give your special someone a gift that will make their heart ring long after Cupid puts down his arrows, the new Motorola Pink RAZR from Cingular Wireless.
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Whether to send e-cards, buy jewelry or send flowers, Americans turned to the Web for Valentine's Day in greater numbers than ever before. In fact, categories related to Valentine's Day made up 4 of the top 10 gaining categories. The Flowers, Gifts & Greetings category led the way, posting an increase of 33 percent over January 2005 (see table 2) and 23 percent over last February. Two flowers and gift sites, 1-800-Flowers and Proflowers, secured the first two spots on the top gaining properties ranking (see table 1), posting growth of 301 and 241 percent, respectively, compared to January. comScore e-commerce tracking indicated that spending levels at flowers and gift sites were similarly strong; spending in the Flowers, Gifts & Greetings category topped $260 million in February - an increase of 55 percent compared to February 2004.
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In Denmark & Norway Valentine's Day (14 Feb) is known as Valentinsdag. It is not celebrated to a large extent, but a lot people take time to eat a romantic dinner with their partner, to send a card to a secret love or give a red rose to their loved one. In Sweden it is called Alla hjärtans dag ("All Hearts' Day") and was launched in the 1960s by the flower industry's commercial interests, and due to influence of American culture. It is not an official holiday, but its celebration is recognized and sales of cosmetics and flowers for this holiday are only bested by those for Mother's Day.
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February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.
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For over 30 years, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has come to the rescue of romantics and lonely hearts alike; this year, the company will again offer gifts guaranteed to be delivered by Valentine's Day. This collection is comprised of a variety of floral and non-floral gifts, including several versions of the perennial Valentine's Day favorite -- one dozen long-stem red roses. The company has dozens of roses -- as well as tulips, orchids, gerbera daisies and all types of beautiful flowers and arrangements -- available for same day or next day delivery. Flowers and gifts can be ordered on February 13 and even as late as 12 noon EST on Wednesday, February 14 for delivery (in select markets).
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Fill in the missing words in the text given a picture prompt, using the Valentine's Day word bank. The words are: balloon, bow, candy, card, cupid, flowers, friend, heart, present, rose. Go to the answers.
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