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Flower Sending Suggestions

Articles containing suggestions to send flowers to Russia, Ukraine and CIS for various occasions. Also contains useful information about Russian cultural differences in choosing flowers or gifts for loved one sore relative in Russia.

The Guide to Sending Valentine’s Day Roses

Roses, with their timeless beauty and deep symbolism, have become an iconic part of Valentine’s Day celebrations around the world. As February 14th draws close, these exquisite flowers take center stage in the hearts of lovers both near and far. The tradition of gifting roses on Valentine’s Day has evolved into a powerful gesture, where each bloom says ‘I love you’. The soaring demand for roses during this season highlights their universal appeal as the quintessential token of love and affection.

Valentine's Day Roses

Gift Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Every year on the 14th of February, people all around the world celebrate Valentine’s Days in the name of love and romance. To show each other their affectionate feelings people exchange romantic gifts. The most popular present for Valentine’s Day is of course flowers which are also considered to be (along with hearts) the symbol of this holiday. Sending flowers has also been one of the best ways to express feelings too difficult or shy to be expressed in words.

Love is a special feeling, so it must be expressed in an extraordinary way. Valentine’s Day gifts are important to express your heartfelt feelings and to make the day memorable in its own special way.

To make the unforgettable Valentine’s Day for your loved one, be creative with giving flowers! Whether you choose roses or orchids, whether you go for some traditional arrangements or some special ones, you can always use your imagination and be a little unusual.

You can surprise your love by sending flowers to her office. Women, especially love such surprises as they proudly flaunt it to their fellow colleagues. This way you can keep it top secret and you can get the flower delivery at just the time of the day you want.

Another romantic gift idea is to wake your beloved one with flowers. When the doorbell rings this morning of Valentine’s Day, nudge her to answer the door. Catch her absolutely unprepared when she receives a huge bouquet of wonderful flowers. This act is sure to produce an indelible impression!

Sometimes, even the choice of flowers or the arrangement of flowers makes all the difference. You can get creative by building your own bouquet, having an opportunity to choose her favorite flowers and colors to give the arrangement an unusual but pretty look. More than the flowers, it would be your thoughtfulness that will delight her.

And what could be a better way to spice up your Valentine’s Day than by adhering to the age old sure shot formula- that is by gifting chocolates! One of the surest ways to creep inside your beloved’s heart or to re-ignite the love you always had is by gifting her a box of finger licking chocolates as an addition to the luxurious bouquet.

Visit our website and choose from the different arrangements of flowers and simply click and order. After you have chosen the bouquet that you find the most impressive, you can also order balloons, chocolate, teddy bear, bottle of champagne, perfume, greeting card to add on to your bouquet to give it a more complete look.

Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Birth Flowers Guide. January

Have you ever thought that every month has a birth flower and that each one has a special meaning? Like people, birth flowers are distinctive – filled with significance and wonderful stories. So whether you’re looking for a creative gift for someone’s birthday, or just want to add a personal touch to a flower arrangement for any occasion, our Birth Flower Guide will help you find out which flower is uniquely theirs.

JANUARY: CARNATION

Carnation represents pride, beauty, admiration and gratitude, the carnation’s multilayered, feathery soft petals conceal a hardy core – an appropriate paradox for this first-month-of-the-year flower. Originally from Asia, where they’ve been cultivated for the last 2,000 years, today this winter birth flower is a richly colorful and fragrant gem.

For the most part, carnations express love, fascination, and distinction, though there are many variations dependent on colour:

Light red carnations represent admiration

Dark red denote deep love and affection

White carnations indicate pure love and good luck

Striped symbolise a regret that a love cannot be shared.

View Our Flower Arrangements with Carnation

 

How to Say ‘Happy New Year!’ In Different Languages

Of course, almost everyone has plenty of friends, acquintances, colleagues and even beloved ones who live abroad and would be really happy and touched to hear ‘Happy New Year!’ in their own language…

We’ve decided to help you and have made up a list where you can find how ‘Happy New Year!’ is said in the most popular languages.

If you also want to send a gift basket for New Year to your nearest and dearest to another country you can visit our website http://www.russianflora.com, where you can find plenty of holiday gift ideas.

Afghani – Saale Nao Mubbarak

Albanian – Gezuar Vitin e Ri

Armenian – Snorhavor Nor Tari

Arabic – Antum Salimoun

Chinese – Xin Nian Kuai Le

Croatian – Sretna Nova Godina

Czechoslovakia – Scastny Novy Rok

Danish – Godt Nytår

Dutch – Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

Estonians – Head uut aastat

Finnish – Onnellista Uutta Vuotta

French – Bonne Annee

German – Prosit Neujahr

Greek – Kenourios Chronos

Hebrew – L’Shannah Tovah

Hindi – Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen

Hungarian – Boldog Ooy Ayvet

Iranian – Saleh now mobarak

Iraqi – Sanah Jadidah

Italian – Felice anno nuovo

Japanese – Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu

Korea – Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo

Lithuanian – Laimingu Naujuju Metu

Norwegian – Godt Nyttår

Polish – Szczesliwego Nowego Roku

Romanian – An nou fericit

Russian – S Novim Godom

Spanish – Feliz Ano Nuevo

Turkish – Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Ukrainian – Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku

VietnameseChuc Mung Tan Nien

New Year Flowers and Winter Holiday Bouquets

Christmas and New Year flowers symbolize gaiety, love, beauty, hope, and the tenderest emotions in the human heart. They embody virtues such as sharing, happiness, joy, kindness, and the warmth that makes winter holidays more special than any other festival. These flowers are not just decorations but are representations of the joy and spirit of the season, enhancing the atmosphere with their vibrant presence and deep meanings.

A girl joyfully holding a Christmas wreath, symbolizing the beauty and festive spirit of Christmas and New Year flowers.

How to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ In Different Languages

Tomorrow, on December 25 in most of the countries people celebrate Christmas. No doubt, many of you have a lot of friends, beloved ones, acquintances, colleagues overseas and have definitely thought about wishing them merry Christmas in their own language…

To make your lives easier, we’ve decided to make up a list where you can find how ‘Merry Christmas’ is said in the most popular languages.

If you also want to send a gift basket for Christmas to your nearest and dearest to another country you can visit our website http://www.russianflora.com, where you can find plenty of holiday gift ideas.

Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees
Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Milad Majid
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Brazilian: Feliz Natal
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English: Merry Christmas
Estonian: Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
French: Joyeux Noel
German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
Hebrew: Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian: Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese: Feliz Natal
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele or Craciun fericit
Russian: S Rozhdestvom
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym or Z RIZDVOM HRYSTOVYM
Vietnamese: Chuc Mung Giang Sinh

Christmas traditions in Ukraine

Christmas in Ukraine is similar to the Christmas in Russia and it’s the most important family holiday of the whole year. It is celebrated solemnly, as well as merrily, according to ancient customs that have come down through the ages and are still observed today. Christmas in Ukraine is celebrated January 7 according to the Gregorian calendar as in most of other Orthodox Christian countries.

The season of Christmas begins with advent (Pylypivka)-four weeks of fasting and preparing one’s self for the birth of Christ. In preparation for Christmas, the house is cleaned from top to bottom and the Christmas tree decorated with various knick-knackery and sweets is installed. A sheaf of wheat (didukh) is saved from the harvest. The didukh represents the family: the living, the dead and those unborn. Before Christmas Eve, the sheaf is decorated with ribbons, flowers and a small wreath of basil. It is put under an icon in a corner of the room on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas Eve in Ukraine is called  ‘Sviata Vecheria’ (Holy Supper). Dinner table has a little hay on embroidered tablecloths to symbolize the manger of Bethlehem where Christ was born. Children announce the appearance of the first Star in the eastern evening sky and dinner is begun. The star symbolizes the trek of the Three Wise Men. People usually cook some tasty foods for this evening. There should be at least 12 different foods on the table. Those should mandatory include ‘Kutia’ — the ritual food which is prepared from cooked wheat and special syrup containing diluted honey, grated poppy seeds, raisins and sometimes walnuts.

At the end of the Holy Supper the family often sings Kolyadky, Ukrainian Christmas Carols. In many communities the old Ukrainian tradition of caroling is carried on by groups of young people and members of organizations and churches calling at homes and collecting donations, also little gifts, fruit, sweets . Church services start before midnight on Christmas Eve and continue until Christmas mornings.

In the past, ‘Did Moroz’ (Father Frost) used to bring children Christmas gifts to Ukraine on 19th of December but now the date has been changed to the Christmas date. Did Moroz rides a sleigh to which only three reindeers are harnessed. Snowflake Girl helps Father Frost in his journey. She wears silver blue costume trimmed with white fur and a snowflake-like crown.

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