Sunday, December 20, 2009

Natalie


Natalie is the English form of Natalia, which is derived from the Italian "natale," meaning "birthday."
The term refers specifically to Christ's birthday - the Italian phrase for "Merry Christmas" is "buon natale!"

Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas & a beautiful new year from all of us at FafaDian!! xxx

The Crystal Heart



This arrangement is Inspired by the vietnamese legend of the princess & a fisherman.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who heard a man who sing so beautifully. She sent her men to seek him out because she had fallen in love with the singer. When they found the man, he turned out to be a lowly fisherman. The princess was embarrassed at her folly and spurned him. But the fisherman had fallen in love with her and he was so lovesick that he grew ill and died. His friends found a crystal heart in his boat and was convinced he had been turned to crystal. So they sent the boat along the river and out to sea.

The King found the boat and saw the beautiful crystal heart. He had the crystal made into a teacup and presented it to her daughter. As the princess looked down into the warm tea, she thought she saw a boat forming upon its surface and then she noticed a tiny fisherman holding a tiny flute. She bent closer to the cup and as she listened she began to hear the song that had so captivated her in the beginning and she knew that the fisherman had died because of her indifference to his love. The princess began to weep and her tears fell into the cup. The crystal dissolved because the princess’ tears were tears of love and they set the fisherman’s soul free.