Name day present
Each year there are dozens of name days, which are special occasions for gatherings and surprises. According to tradition there are no invitations and presents at name days. Everyone of us knows their relatives and loved ones best and can tell if they would love a greeting or a visit. In order to keep the name days of people, important for you, in check, prepare a name day calendar and start thinking about interesting presents. And because you’re supposed to go uninvited, it is best to bring something for the table.
In this way you’ll have a treat and the beautiful piece of tableware, in which you brought the food, will serve as a present to the name day person. The celebration food can be put in bowls, platters and other beautiful tableware.
If the person, having a name day, is a man, you can surprise him with folk-style wine accessories.
Ideas for surprising someone having a name day can also be taken from the Saint, patron of that day.
The symbol of light can be used when choosing a present for people, named Hristo, Velichka, Bozhidar, celebrating their name days at Christmas and Easter. Decorative candles and candlesticks are a suitable present for such celebrations. For Christmas you can present your loved ones with a Nativity souvenir and Virgin and Child figures, as well as angel figures.
You can draw inspiration from the names’ etymology and choose a souvenir representing the meaning of the name.
Popular name days
Saint Valentine
He is the patron of lovers and romantic presents are suitable for the ladies, carrying that name. Men are not very fond of romance and won’t be very impressed by romantic surprises. At the same time, people say that a way to man’s heart is through his stomach, so everything for serving food and drinks, plus food and drinks themselves, would be a good idea for a man’s name day.
Saint Todor’s Day
A traditional holiday for people, dealing with horses, that’s why a horse’s statuette would be a suitable present for this holiday.
Flower’s Day
On Flower’s Day people, named after flowers and plants, celebrate their name day. A suitable present for these people would be a floral-themed present. You can draw inspiration from our collections, named after flowers. The flower theme is present in many decorative and practical subjects in our store. Many of them are decorated with flowers. You can also give as s present a vase or a flower pot.
Saint George’s Day
This is the Sheppard’s Day – the pastoral theme is very suitable for surprises, for example statuettes and images of sheep.
Saint George’s Day is also the Bulgarian Army’s Day, so you can also give as a present statuettes of knights or decorative weapons.
Saint Nicholas Day
On Saint Nicholas Day you can bring a carp dish, served on a beautiful platter. A themed present would also be a “Golden Fish” vase, a mermaid statuette, “Fisherman” wine racks or fish, “Fishing” drawings or “Fisherman” picture frames.
Presents according to the symbol in some names
Diana is a patron of hunting and wild animals. You can give a woman, carrying that name, a statuette of her favorite wild animal, a woman statuette or an archer statuette. For a man, named Dian, you can choose a deer-themed present or something from the “Deer Antlers” collection.
You can give Angelina an angel.
For Stanislav, Borislav, Dobromir, Boyan, Strahil and other men’s name, expressing men’s quality, you can choose a knight.
For Krassimira you can choose an elegant woman’s statuette or something, connected with roses.
For Ognyan and Plamen you can choose abstract flames or a “Prometheus” statuette.
Search for symbolism and surprise your loved ones, having a name day, with impressive gifts!
