Scarcely have hints stopped being dropped about what your loved one wants for Christmas before well thumbed catalogues are left lying around, forced open on the jewellery pages, or casual mention is made of the opportunity to go out for dinner in February… That’s right, there’s no chance to miss Valentine’s Day, so to make the present buying part as easy as possible, we’ve come up with a whole host of delicious gifts which are guaranteed to be well received:

• Celebration Fizz – a solid white chocolate heart and a bottle of bubbles, presented in a bright red gift box. It’s not subtle, but who ever found that subtlety works on Valentine’s Day?!
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• Champagne and Chocolate Covered Strawberries – Champagne is always a winner and although these aren’t fresh strawberries, they’re expertly smothered in creamy white chocolate by our friends at Chocca Mocca, so I’d argue that they’re a fraction better than plain old fresh strawberries!
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• Champagne and Teddy – A cute and cuddly Teddy wearing a heart shaped jumper, travelling with his own bottle of Champagne. What’s not to like?
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We’ll add your heartfelt message to the gift and make sure that it’s delivered on time, on Tuesday 14th of February.

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We’re very pleased to unveil some of our latest hampers and gifts, including the fiery Chilli Cube, relaxing Picnic Delights and hearty Cider and Cheese Tray. These gifts and more can be seen here:

• Olive Treats – £24.99
• Chilli Cube – £34.99
• Cider and Cheese Tray – £34.99
• Enjoy the Garden – £49.00
• Picnic Delights – £50.00

As ever, we’ve brought together some of our favourite flavours and products to create gifts that will be well received by your recipients.

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We’re all familiar with the feeling that we need to send a gift to a friend, colleague or loved one and it needs to be there tomorrow. Whether it’s to celebrate a birthday, a promotion or simply because you feel like it, not only will you find just the right thing among our selection of hampers and gifts, but if you order before 1.30pm, we can deliver to your recipients door on the next working day.

We’ve organised the site so that you can shop by the Occasion that you’re celebrating, the type of Product that you’d like to send, who your Recipient is or by the Price that you’d like to pay. If there’s too much choice, or you’d like some advice from a member of our team, then don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re always happy to help.

Hampers are always a welcome gift, as there are so many different types to choose from. Browse through our hamper section to find the perfect gift for your celebration.

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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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