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They say Mother’s Day is the biggest mail day of the year with the volume of people who send cards to their mothers, wives, daughters, aunts, and other mother figures in their lives. I believe that’s true. But why send just an ordinary card to your mother on a day that celebrates her extraordinariness? 1-800Flowers has tons of gift ideas that will make this a Mother’s Day to remember.

Easter is less than a week away which is crazy because it feels like we just celebrated Valentine’s Day. Worse, Mother’s Day is a little over a month after Easter but one holiday at a time. If you are looking for a great Easter gift to give without a lot of fuss and muss then let 1800Flowers give you a hand.

It is interesting to see what things become a hit in pop culture these days. First it was the Harry Potter series, and then it was Batman The Dark Knight movie. Now the Twilight movie series, based on the same name book series by Stephanie Meyer, has stirred up its own tempest in a tea cup. Vampires have been capturing the imagination of people for centuries and keeping in step with that tradition, Twilight is quickly becoming a cult sensation. From preteen to grandma, everyone seems to have developed an obsession with the Twilight Saga.

A popular story told about the history of Saint Valentine, who inspired the same name holiday, goes something like this. Twenty-three hundred years ago, Rome was an empire under siege. In an effort to get men to enlist in the army, Emperor Claudius II put a ban on marriage reasoning that the reason men didn’t want to join was because they weren’t inclined to leave their wives and girlfriends.

Personally, I think those men just didn’t want to die in a senseless war but I wasn’t there so I’m only guessing. Anyway, as the legend of the history of Saint Valentine goes, a catholic priest by the name of Valentine refused to obey the new law thinking it to be ridiculous. He continued marrying young lovers in secret but eventually was caught. He was thrown in jail and sentenced to execution.

With the holiday dedicated to celebrating love quickly approaching, many people are scrambling to find that one of a kind gift which expresses their deep love and admiration for the person they are fond of. I say drop the hunt for some knickknack that will only gather dust on a shelf somewhere. Go traditional and give flowers this Valentine’s Day.