HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all mums on this forum. i know a few: Seema, ani, asha. sorry dont remember anybody else. please add ure name if ure a mum.

N all kiddos hope u got some lovely presents for ure mums.

i am at work so have not been able to call my mum today.😭

Mother's Day History

Contrary to popular belief, Mother's Day was not conceived and fine-tuned in the boardroom of Hallmark. The earliest tributes to mothers date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England this holiday was expanded to include all mothers and was called Mothering Sunday. During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.

In the United States, Mother's Day started nearly 150 years ago, when Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it "Mother's Work Day."

Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace, since she believed they bore the loss of human life more harshly than anyone else.

In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, "I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother's day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers."

Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna's mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother's favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother's Day. In 1914 Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday.

At first, people observed Mother's Day by attending church, writing letters to their mothers, and eventually, by sending cards, presents, and flowers. With the increasing gift-giving activity associated with Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis became enraged. She believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. In 1923 she filed a lawsuit to stop a Mother's Day festival, and was even arrested for disturbing the peace at a convention selling carnations for a war mother's group. Before her death in 1948, Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever starting the mother's day tradition.

Despite Jarvis's misgivings, Mother's Day has flourished in the United States. In fact, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation of their mothers

did u get ure mum any present sameer? perhaps u cud give her a break today n clear up ure room ureself?

happy nmothers day to my mummy,i 4got again,but i guess tht we dont celebrate God's day so shes more than God,no need 4 specific day 😊

yeah, we all take them forgranted dont we?

ok ill stop preaching now. 😆

i dont take her 4 granted,its all about loving your parents,nd it is life 😊

i am sure ure a good son, raghav. cheers. 😃

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😳 i wished my mum at 12 at night😳 ... but coz of the time change i was 1 hour l8 😆 😆 😆 i h8 time 😆 😆

Mother's Day Traditions Around the World


In the United States, churches often hold special services to celebrate Mother's Day. If people are not able to spend time with their mothers on Mother's Day, they often call, send cards, give flowers, or buy gifts to thank them for raising and caring for them. Other people simply give their mothers the gift of time. Helping around the house, making or treating one's mother to a special meal, and spending the day with one's mother are all ways that children show their appreciation.

Countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May, like the United States. Many other countries, however, observe Mother's Day at a different time of year. Although Mother's Day celebrations around the globe hold the same meaning - honoring one's mother, - several cultures practice traditions that are very different from our own.

In Norway, Mother's Day is observed on the second Sunday in February, while its neighbor, Sweden, celebrates it on the last Sunday in May. The Swedish Red Cross sells tiny plastic flowers prior to the holiday and uses the profits from the "Mother's Flowers" to give vacations to mothers with many children.

Like Sweden, France also celebrates the holiday on the last Sunday in May. However, the French treat Mother's Day much like a family birthday. 😃Extended families often gather together for a special meal after which the mother is presented with a beautiful cake. 😛

Other countries that celebrate Mother's Day in the springtime are Lebanon (first day of spring), South Africa (first Sunday in May), and Japan (second Sunday in May.) In Japan, children between the ages of six and fourteen have the opportunity to honor their mother by entering a drawing of her in an art contest. Every four years, winning drawings are collected for an exhibit called "My Mother" which travels all around the world. Not only does this project honor mothers everywhere, but it also educates those who look at the pictures by teaching them how children live in other parts of the world.

Both Argentina and India observe Mother's Day in October. In Argentina, mothers are honored on the second Sunday of the month, while Hindu people in India celebrate Mother's Day with a ten-day festival in early October. This festival is called Durga Puja in honor of Durga, the Divine Mother and most important Hindu goddess in India. According to Hindu legend, the Divine Mother has ten arms, each of which holds a weapon used to destroy evil.

Mother's Day is closely linked to the Church in both Spain and Portugal. On December eighth, the Spanish and Portuguese not only honor their mothers, but also attend religious services to worship the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus.

Serbian people in parts of Yugoslavia also celebrate Mother's Day, called "Materice," in December. Two weeks before Christmas, boys and girls quietly "tie" their mother up while she is still sleeping. Upon awakening, she gives the children small gifts she has hidden under her pillow in exchange for her "release 😆

wow thts nice sunenahari 😳 thnx! 👏

ok 😃 u can call me pooja 😆 😆