Last year alone the IRS had 99,123 refund checks totaling $153 million-an average of over $1500 per taxpayer-returned by the post office as undeliverable, due to unreported changes of name and/or address.
It originates from the old English word 'chirie' and it is either occupational and and as such describes a grower or seller of cherries, or it may have been a medieval nickname of endearment for somebody with rosy cheeks or even red hair.
Cherry blossom is speculated to be native to the Himalayas. Currently it is widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Europe, West Siberia, India, China, Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United States. In the Western world, the cherry blossom symbolizes Japan.