We’re asking food lovers to help us, as we’ve created a fantastic gift box, but can’t decide what to call it!

We have had enormous fun designing what we feel is one of the tastiest treats on our website this Christmas, but we’re stuck on the name and have decided to take your advice to come up with an original name that does this colourful gift justice.

Of course, we’re planning to say thank you in the best way that we can think of; we’ll be choosing the most original name before Christmas and will send the lucky (or most inspired!) winner one of these gifts in plenty of time to put it under their own tree.

It’s easy to enter, simply send us an email at sales@virginiahayward.com, using ‘Name the Hamper Competition’ in the subject line, along with your name, address, telephone number and proposed hamper name. Alternatively, complete your details on our ‘Contact Form‘ or send a letter to Virginia Hayward Ltd, Blynfield, Stour Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0QW.

Can’t possibly wait? Want to send a hamper to a friends, family or colleagues? Have a look at our full range of Virginia Hayward Hampers, or the nameless gift box itself – we’re certain that you will find the perfect gift!

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As we approach Christmas, we’re only a few weeks away from distributing our 2010 brochure. In keeping with tradition, it’s laden with all sorts of goodies for Christmas, from the traditional Christmas hampers that you know and love, through to personalised sweetie gifts, picnic gifts, fresh foods and much more in between.

So, whilst thinking of the forthcoming brochure, my mind inevitably began to wander back to brochures of the past and came to rest on the first brochure ever produced by Virginia Hayward, for Christmas 1984.

Set on a plain green background, the cover features two angelic girls rifling through a Christmas hamper at the foot of a Christmas tree in front of a roaring fire. The cover boasts ‘Virginia Hayward’s Selection of Traditional British Good Taste’ and could hardly be more Christmassy!

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As I write this post, it’s little more than 73 days and 16 hours to go until Christmas, so we’ve decided to fully embrace the festive season and get the website into its winter clothes. Just last week visitors will have seen a warm, autumn feel to the site, but today it’s on with the traditional red, white and green.

This year we’re featuring the Santa and sleigh design which you can also find on the Virginia Hayward Christmas Hampers brochure. You can’t help but notice that Santa’s sleigh is in fact made from one of our traditional hamper baskets. In the brochure you can find many more designs like this, like the Christmas angel, designed around a triangular wedge of Stilton to promote our Fresh Foods category, or the Champagne bottle bursting with retro sweets for the ‘Sweet and Sparkling’ category.

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Finding a cost effective hamper for Christmas can sometimes be a challenge; browsing around the Virginia Hayward website you’ll find hampers all the way up to £500, which can be a little bit daunting if you’re trying to say Merry Christmas to friends, family or colleagues with one eye on the cost.

However, we’ve given the problem some considerable thought and have come up with the ‘Christmas Box‘, which is a little taste of Christmas, perfect to pass on your season’s greetings without breaking the bank. The charming gift box is a delightful attempt to prove that sometimes good things come in small packages.

We’ve chosen miniature versions of some of our favourite Christmas products. The Walkers Pure Butter Shortbread Fingers are mouthwatering whatever the size, as are the Haribo Jelly Beans. Neatly presented in a ribboned green gift box, this is an excellent choice of Christmas Hamper.

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