50 THE QUEENS COURIER • HOLIDAY GUIDE • DECEMBER 20, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
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Inspired gifts for a magical holiday
Th e holidays are sneaking up on us and,
billion.
Th ink gift s for small places. Not everyone
for many people with hectic lives, there
It doesn’t mean you have to settle for
has 10-foot ceilings and palatial living
are school programs and work holiday
cookie-cutter gift s, however. You can fi nd
rooms. For people on your list who
parties to attend, trees to decorate, cookies
some truly unique and surprising products
are living in apartments, assisted living
to bake and halls to deck. It seems like
online to help you make your way to
facilities or smaller homes, a Holiday
there aren’t enough hours in the day to do
holiday gift -buying perfection. Here are a
Flower Tree, with its fragrant evergreens,
all of that and shop for the perfect gift for
few ideas to get you started.
blooms and decorations, brings the holidays
everyone on your list, even if you could
Say it with fl owers ... and a twist.
to small spaces in a snap.Focus on
manage to snag a parking spot at the mall.
Beautiful fl oral arrangements can add a
table decorations. Search for centerpieces,
But there’s good news! You can take
sense of magic to your holiday gift giving,
candles, fl oral arrangements, tablecloths,
care of all of your shopping online in a
but why not make that gift do double
runners and other decorations to spruce
snap, while sitting in front of the fi re in
duty? If you hop on the 1-800-Flowers.
up the holiday table. Th ey’re an easy way
your jammies sipping a pumpkin spice
com website and do a search under
to add some festivity to any room, perfect
latte. And you won’t be alone. According
“Christmas,” you’ll fi nd many options for
for people on your list who may be empty
to Shopify, total online holiday sales this
fl oral arrangements in vessels that will last
nesters and as such don’t take the time to
year in the U.S. is expected to top $123
long aft er the new year has dawned.
decorate like they used to when their children
were small.
Personalized gift s. How about a bottle
of wine etched with personalized holiday
greetings from you and your family?
Or a pendant for your best friend with her
children’s names on it? Monogrammed
wine glasses or ice buckets? Would you
be surprised to learn you can fi nd it all at
1-800-Flowers.com? Most personalized
gift s are delivered in gift boxes right to
your loved one’s front door.
Take the crowds and hassle out of your
holiday shopping this year. Curl up with
some holiday cheer and choose exactly
the right thing for everyone on your list.
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