My aunt was a florist for years. She always said that she didn't want flowers at her funeral. It happened she died 2 days before Christmas and the funeral was the day after. My sister had fits when I mentioned no flowers. As luck would have it, not a florist in town was open the day after Christmas. My sister got someone to open up to do a casket blanket. I would much rather have done anything but this--such as favorite pictures, etc. but I let her have her way to stop the fuss since I was the estate administrator and I knew what was coming anyway since I had just finished Mother's estate. I was right--my sister and brother called daily wanting their money.