Blooming Business 03
Use the words to fill in all the gaps.
feast (Fest) / poisonous (giftig) / fluorescent (fluoreszierend) / recommend (empfehlen) / palate (Gaumen) / glitter (Glitzer) / sets the record straight (Missverständnisse aus dem Weg räumen) / tantalising (verlockend) / and the like (und desgleichen) / weirdest (seltsam) / theme (Thema)
A new trend at Paul Ecke Ranch is spraying poinsettias with paint and
to create plants for parties
. One of Paul
(possessive case) workers explains, "I think some of the
ones I
(ever / create) had a Miami Vice
. I sprayed them with
green and hot pink. And the customers loved them a lot." Many people believe poinsettias are
. Paul Ecke (cf. picture)
, "Poinsettias are not poisonous. However I do not
to eat them.” Even with
names like "Strawberries and Cream", "Plum Pudding" and "Cranberry Punch" the poinsettia is a
for the eyes and not the
.
Finally it
(müssen / mention) that this colourful symbol of the holidays
(become) so popular that it even got
(its / it's) own holiday. December 12th
(consider) “Poinsettia Day",
(nicht nur) in the United States
(sondern auch) in
(Europa).
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