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Last year Sees Candy set a Guinness Record by making the World’s Biggest Lollipop at the Burlingame chocolate factory. The hand-crafted 7,000 pound lollipop wasn’t for sale, but  Sees has great Mother’s Day gifts….plus, they ship!

Mother’s Day takes place on the 2nd Sunday in May which happens to be May 12, 2013. Several events on the roster of celebrations include the annual Sunset Beach Mother’s Day Weekend Art Festival, Mother’s Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival at Calico Ghost Mine, and Mother’s Day BBQ at Martin Griffin Preserve in Stinson Beach.

The most popular gifts for moms include flowers, candy, taking her out for a meal, and clothes. According to National Retail Federation, the average spender celebrating the holiday will dish out $150 in gifts, food and other items.  66.4%  will buy flowers, spending a total of $2.2 billion, and nearly one-third will treat mom to a new blouse or sweater, spending $1.6 billion on clothing and accessories. Those buying electronics (12.7%) will shell out a total of $1.6 billion on tablets, digital cameras and more, and over half (54.3%) of all celebrants will treat mom to a nice dinner or brunch, spending $3.4 billion. Additionally, consumers will shell out $1.8 billion on gift cards and $1.3 billion on personal services such as a trip to a day spa.

Of the 86.5% celebrating Mother’s Day, nearly 65% will shop for their mom or stepmom, while 22.4% will buy gifts for their wife, daughter (10.5%), grandmother (8.2%), sister (8.4%), friend (7.6%) or godmother (2.1%).