Celebrating Friends: Share, Remember, Cherish

By Jim McCann

Reinforcing the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com philosophy of helping individuals express, connect, and celebrate, Jim McCann celebrates the unwavering and steadfast nature of friendship inside Celebrating Friends. More than just a collection of heartwarming sentiments, Celebrating Friends presents over 50 poignant quotes, fascinating facts, and inspirational stories that express thoughts on friendship in an honest and genuine way.

Celebrating Friends is perfect for sharing at birthdays, reunions, and other special occasions that pay tribute to the unwavering power of friendship. Full-color drawings illustrate the book throughout and are interspersed with meaningful quotes and heartfelt reflections on creating friendships and memories and ultimately celebrating life. Divided into four sections, Celebrating Friends features 120 entries, many of which were submitted by everyday people on the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com Web sites, and on their Facebook and Twitter pages, including:

* Scientists have found that men and women view friendship differently. For women, friendship is a face-to-face relationship; for men, it's side-by-side.

* The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. --Mark Twain 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Oct 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781449408251

Jim McCann

Jim McCann is the founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. Today, his organization encompasses numerous gift brands and websites, including Fannie May Confections, The Popcorn Factory, Cheryl’s Cookies, 1-800-Baskets.com, FruitBouquets.com, StockYards.com, FineStationery.com, and Celebrations.com—in addition to a network of 1-800-Flowers franchise shops across the country. McCann is the author of Stop and Sell the Roses: Lessons from Business and Life and A Year Full of Flowers: Fresh Ideas to Bring Flowers into Your Life Every Day.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC

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E-ISBN: 9781449408251

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011926177

Project Manager and Editor: Heidi Tyline King

Designed by Alexis Siroc

Produced by SMALLWOOD & STEWART, INC., NEW YORK CITY

Illustration credit information

Cover illustration by Robyn Neild

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INTRODUCTION

When I look back at the important events in my life, both big and small, I realize that I have shared just about every one of them with a friend. There are my childhood friends, the guys from my old neighborhood who still know me as Jimmy from Richmond Hill. We may not see each other on a regular basis, but when we do play catch-up, the years