How To Celebrate Mother’s Day During Coronavirus: Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Mother’s Day for most Americans in 2020 will look different this year due to the new coronavirus crisis in the United States.

Still, people across the country and in Fredericksburg will be looking to make the best of the holiday celebrating moms everywhere Sunday, May 10.

Whether it’s spending time talking to each other virtually, sending flowers or a special gift to mom, or finding brunch delivery options in the Fredericksburg area, Patch has got you covered.

The City of Fredericksburg has put together a Fredericksburg Mother’s Day Gift Guide, from fashion to cool gadgets to a delicious meal.

If you have any other ideas on how to best celebrate your mom during the coronavirus shutdowns, please share in the comment section below.

Video Chat

You might not be able to see Mom in person on Mother’s Day in 2020, but that doesn’t mean you can’t spend time with her virtually.

Video chatting has seen a huge increase in popularity during stay-at-home orders, and a video call can be a great way for families to spend time together on the holiday.

You might have to work through some technical difficulties if you have older family members, but it’s worth it for the time spent together.

Here a few of the most reliable video chat options:

• Zoom
• Google Hangouts
• Skype

Flower Delivery

• 1800Flowers: Celebrate Mother’s Day 2020 by sending your mom special arrangements put together for the holiday. 1800Flowers also has both next-day and same-day delivery options.
• Bouqs Co.: The online flower shop exclusively uses farm-fresh, eco-friendly flowers, and Bouqs Co. has put together a variety of special arrangements for Mother’s Day. Bouqs Co. offers a “wide range” of options for every budget.
• ProFlowers: ProFlowers has a wide variety of bouquet options to send to your mom and has same-day delivery. You can pick from flowers, plants, floral arrangements and food gifts on ProFlowers.com.
• UrbanStems: UrbanStems has set up a special “Mother’s Day Shop” that lets you browse bouquets specifically for the May 10 holiday. The online flower shop also offers overnight shipping on many of the options.

Brunch

While you most likely aren’t able to go to your favorite brunch spot for Mother’s Day in 2020, you still can order a special meal for delivery.

Here are a few online delivery services that make it easy to order food.

• Grubhub
• Seamless
• Uber Eats

Special deals

Here are some Fredericksburg stores offering special deals for Mother’s Day 2020.

• City Vino — Celebrate Mother's Day with sparkling wine. 10 percent off sparkling wine until Mother’s day, use promo code Mothersday. Shop on website.
• Colonial Tavern: Home to the Irish Brigade — Honor mom this Mother’s Day with the gift of a yummy meal from the Colonial Tavern. Gift Certificates are for sale, from the Colonial Taver's online company store, in $25 and $50 denominations. Comfy ladies v-neck, cotton blend, t-shirts also for sale. When mom chooses curbside pickup, the Colonial Tavern has bottles of wine, 6 packs of beer and specialty drinks to-go. Visit its online store.
• Taste Oil Vinegar Spice — European Tea Towels made in Portugal, Olive wood spoon, 200 ml of both Basil Oil Oil and Traditional Balsamic Vinegar for $41.99. To order, call 540-373-1262 or shop online.
• Lady Legacy — Pamper mom with lotion and body wash. Buy a Thymes body lotion get a Thymes body wash half price. Call 540-899-8077 or Facebook message here.