Human Flower Project

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Here Come Santa Claus Flowers

With poinsettia sales down, we still bring tidings of ho-ho-horticulture.

Santa Claus rides again into the flower stand at San Francisco’s Union Square
Photo: Ranjay Mitra

The North Pole is not noted for its floriculture, but could anything measley as arctic ice thwart Santa Claus?

He appeared for the 45th year in a row in San Francisco’s Union Square with mounds of chrysanthemums, daisies, gladiolas, and stems of eucalyptus. The old elf arrived on an energy-efficient bicycle, having laid off the reindeer in a down economy.

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