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Contents of this year’s Christmas edition:

Toadstools – underrated delicacy and not quite as deadly as we thought
Why Santa’s sleigh is pulled by reindeers
Scientific proof that flowers make people happy
Christmas tip: keep your Christmas tree healthy well into the New Year
Winners of the competition in the last edition (text and pictures)
Make someone happy and take advantage of our € 5 Christmas discount

Dear .

There’s not a trace of old hat in our Christmas Newsletter – just reports on everything new.

Above all our uniform appearance under the name Fleurop.com is a new development spanning Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Uniform branding has, of course, been in the pipeline for some time, but our ideas in this respect are always as fresh as a daisy.

Two new research surveys of interest have been published in the USA and Germany. The notion that people take great pleasure in receiving flowers is now backed up by scientific proof. A € 5 voucher is enclosed with this Newsletter – so why not test the survey results yourself right now.

Im Flora Forum we investigate new aspects of the toadstool, its effects as a drug and influence on how Santa Claus is represented.

We have got some tips for you on how to keep your Christmas tree healthy well into the New Year. And we will be announcing the winners of the last competition.

So have a good read and all the very best for the New Year!

Festive Greetings
Editorial Team

«Flora Forum»
Toadstools – more a delicacy and literary paragon than a deadly mushroom

Although snails love them to bits, mushroom collectors and hobby chefs have increasingly lost their appetite for mushroom ragout with garlic and white wine. Toadstools are considered poisonous, even fatal. Not true – Because …

Find out more about toadstools and their effects…

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Of Siberian nomads and Muslim itinerant preachers
Why Santa’s sleigh is pulled by reindeers…

At this time of the year the sky is full of frantic activity – and 2005 is of course no exception. Santa has got his work cut out. After all there are numerous gifts to load onto his sleigh and harnessing reindeers isn’t easy. But why on earth does he use reindeers? Why doesn’t he use horses like everyone else? Well, the story doesn’t begin quite as you would expect.

Read about how it all began...

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Scientific surveys provide proof:
Flowers outperform all other gifts for creating happiness

Fleurop has always known that sending greetings and gifts in the form of flowers creates by far the greatest happiness. Others have assumed it to be the case, but now two surveys from the USA and Germany have provided scientific proof.

Read all about how flowers make people happy...

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Christmas tip
Sugared water keeps your Christmas tree healthy

It’s now been proven. The life of a Christmas tree is not a matter of when it was cut down. Forestry scientists at Dresden Technical University conducted a survey, on 16 spruce trees (Picea abies), which refutes the old peasant weather lore that Christmas trees will stay healthy until the New Year if they are cut down three days before the 11th full moon.

Read about how to keep trees healthier...

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€ 5 voucher: make someone happy!

Scientists have proven that of all gifts, flowers generate the greatest happiness. Fleurop.com would like to make you happy too as our loyal customers. We would like to play our part in making your festive season an enjoyable one and will therefore be granting a price reduction of € 5 on all orders placed between 14 December and 9 January.

Simply enter the code XMAS4ME2 on our website at www.fleurop.com, make someone happy and take advantage of our reduction!

We’ve saved the best part until last – you can enter the code for any number of orders so you decide how much you save!

Winners of the competition in the last Newsletter

The first prize for the last competition goes to: Rose and Paul Kaye in Santa Maria, California, USA!

Mrs M. Landt. From Tübingen, Germany, and Mr. H. Echizarto from Montevideo, Uruguay(pictured), won the second and third prizes respectively!

Congratulations to all the winners! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the readers for the many replies and suggestions we received!

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