We’re very pleased to see that the myth that hampers are just for Christmas has been dispelled this Mother’s Day. With more visitors to the website in the run up to Mother’s Day than ever, hampers and food gifts are being embraced for celebrations other than Christmas.

You can shop for all occasions at Virginiahayward.com, from Valentine’s Day through to Christmas itself, we’ll have just the gift. Browse our selection by occasion, recipient, product or price to find the right gift for friends, loved ones or colleagues.

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Diners in Salisbury’s Jade Restaurant may have wondered whether they were in dining in the East or the Wild West yesterday evening as the Virginia Hayward staff chose the Chinese restaurant as the venue for the Country & Western themed Annual Staff Party.

Virginia Hayward Annual Staff Party 2010 - Country & Western Theme

Thanks certainly go to the Jade Restaurant for a fantastic spread of delicious Cantonese food – enjoyed by all, everybody was fit to burst by the time we left. Thanks also to Grosvenor Travel who ferried the entire staff between Salisbury and Shaftesbury, with a door to door service for most.

Thanks also to all of those who attended and the contributions from all staff ; the origami cowboy hat place settings were well worth the folding time and the singalong on the bus may not have been tuneful but was certainly fun!

See more photos on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Hayward-Hampers/316789450642

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Don’t delay any longer, place your order before midday to take advantage of our fantastic free delivery offer. We’ll deliver your choice of gift to Mum by the end of the day on Friday for free. That’s at least a £5 saving on every gift on the site. Choose your Mothers Day Hamper here.

If you’re struggling to choose your favourite and need a little more time, don’t worry, we can deliver on Saturday too for orders place before midday on Friday 12th of March. Surcharges will apply.

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As trivial as it may seem, the location of the apostrophe in the title ‘Mother’s Day’ is not only important, but recorded in law by US President Woodrow Wilson following the recommendation of founder Anna Jarvis who “was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.” (Louisa Taylor, Canwest News Service, 2008).

So ‘Mother’s Day’ it is then and we couldn’t agree with the sentiment more.

If you’re looking for the ideal gift for Mother’s Day then look no further than our special category just for Mums: Mother’s Day Hampers and Gifts

Take advantage of our FREE delivery offer, available until midday on the 11th of March.

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Our excellent FREE delivery offer begins today, so make sure you place your order for Mother’s Day before midday on Thursday.

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Alternatively known as ‘Mid-Lent Sunday’ or ‘Pudding Pie Sunday’, it was a day in Lent when the fasting rules were relaxed to honour the ‘Feeding of the Five Thousand’.

However, it was more usual to refer to the day as Mothering Sunday, despite the fact that noone is absolutely certain how the name began. Theories abound but the most popular is that the celebration could have been adopted from a Roman spring festival celebrating Cybele, their Mother Goddess.

As Christianity spread, the date was adopted by Christians. The epistle in the Book of Common Prayer for the heavenly Jerusalem as ‘the Mother of all us all’ and this may have prompted the customs that we still see and follow today.

Mothering Sunday in the UK is on a different date to the American celebration on the second Sunday in May, as trademarked by Anna Jarvis in 1912.

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At Virginia Hayward, we have a range of hampers and gifts available for each of the main events in the year, for example our Mother’s Day hampers category is full of gifts for Mums. So one of the first jobs each year is to look in the diary to find out when each of these events is in the coming year. Valentine’s Day is easy, but Mother’s Day, Easter and Father’s Day all change and we’ve taken it upon ourselves to find out why.

Mothering Sunday isn’t a fixed day because it is always the fourth Sunday in Lent. As Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, this means that Mother’s Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year, sometimes even in different months. For example, Mother’s Day in 2011 will fall just inside April.

Mothering Sunday has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent since at least the 16th century.

If you’re looking for the perfect Mother’s Day Hamper, feel free to browse through our range.

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Mother’s Day is fast approaching and we’re pleased to say that we’ve got a great range of hampers and gifts available to choose from: Mother’s Day Hampers and Gifts.

We’re also offering FREE delivery* on all orders placed between the 8th of March and midday on Thursday the 11th of March. That’s at least a £5 saving on every gift on the site.

If you’d like your gift delivered at the weekend though, we’re now offering a special Saturday service, although unfortunately we can’t yet do this one for free!

*Surcharges may apply in remote locations.

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