Apple means "peace". Isn't there a saying of eating apples on Christmas Eve? Banana is a homonym of "intersection", which means people want to make friends with you. Pear means never to part and never to give up. As for the quantity, I think it's two apples, which means two people are safe, two bananas, which means two people become close friends, and 1 pear, which means two people are not separated. (* _ _ *) Hee hee ...