Your list is complete; You are ready to celebrate the great fall festival we call Halloween. Halloween is the perfect time to indulge your children and your inner child, with tales of mystery and spooky adventures, scavenger hunts and hayrides. No matter how you decide to spend Halloween, it is Fun for everyone!

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Monday, October 27, 2008

National Chocolate Day

While the origins of National Chocolate Day are unclear, what is clear is October 27 is the day set aside to celebrate all we love about chocolate. So whether Dark, Milk, or White chocolate is your passion, National Chocolate Day is the day to let loose and enjoy the rich decadent goodness that is chocolate.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sweetest Day is Saturday October 18th

Sweetest Day is really all about the sweets. The holiday, commonly referred to as a Hallmark holiday, by many people, really is a Candy Holiday. A consortium of candy makers planned the first Sweetest Day, 84 years ago. The committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to orphans, elderly, and the newsboys in Cleveland, Ohio. The move was one part philanthropy and one part marketing. The candy men or Confectioners were hopeful that people would follow their example and buy candy for friends, neighbors, children, parents, and lovers.

In modern times, the holiday is more like the Valentine’s Day of autumn. Chocolate, flowers, candy and a card exchanged between lovers and married couples. In 2006, Hallmark marketed 151 cards for the holiday. In certain parts of the country the holiday is very much about candy and in others less so.

Either way, it seems that a holiday started by Candy Men, really should involve some luscious treats for one and all. So send your sweetheart a gift this sweetest day. Choose from our wide selection of gifts for her or gifts for him

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

October 16th is National Boss's Day

October 16th is National Boss's Day or Boss's Day. While the day is often mocked as greeting card holiday it was actually started by a secretary to honor her boss and her father. In 1958 Patricia Bays Haroski registered "National Boss' Day" with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Four years later the Governor of Illinois proclaimed the day to be Boss's Day in Illinois, thereby supporting her request. Hallmark did not join in on the Boss's Day celebration until 1979.

Bosses can be the butt of many water cooler jokes or well respected mentors and advocates. In these tighter economic times, many bosses are not only responsible for managing a team of employees but also must shoulder a long list of tasks.

Boss's day is a day in which employees can offer a bit of goodwill or a kind gesture to their mentor, leader or supervisor. A small token of appreciation can go along way. A simple card, muffin, cake, selection of coffees or sweets can mean so very much. If the office is watching the calorie count, a nice desk accessory or even a chair massage would be just the thing to let the Boss know that his or her contribution is appreciated. If the boss in question supervises a large team, a group gift might be more appropriate.

Who knows, one day you might be the Boss and celebrating Boss's Day too!

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