During both the Spring and Christmas seasons, we at Cerny’s are always looking for new and fresh ideas and items to offer our customers. In the spring, this challenge is quite easy due to all the plant breeding and genetics which bring us numerous new plant varieties to offer you each year. Christmas, on the other hand, isn’t always so easy. Our plant selection is limited to all the different shapes, sizes, and colors of poinsettias, so we are always looking for new ideas in our greenery department.

Several years’ back we tried something new called a kissing ball. Although new to us, the kissing ball was not a new item. They have been around for ages and have been used more in the English and Canadian holiday traditions, although their popularity is growing in the states.

Kissing balls are said to represent the return of light after the winter solstice, although it can also be used to steal a kiss from that someone special…hence the name.

The first year we offered them we sold about three and now we are up to approximately seventy a year. This year we will also offer shipping of kissing balls, so whether it’s for yourself or a friend far away, let the “old” idea of kissing balls give you a fresh new look at your holiday decorating.

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