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Here is some History about MOTHER'S DAY...
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
By Edgar Allen Poe (extract from the poem, To my mother)
Mother's Day is celebrated all over the world to honour our Mothers. It is the occasion to pay rich tributes to that person who has a great impact on our lives, a person whose love and care knows no boundaries, and a person who does everything to keep her children happy and joyous. But how did this day come about? See what history says.
To the Greeks
The earliest recording of mother's day celebration goes back to the times when Greeks were Gods. There were festivities to honour the magnum mater (great mother) Rhea. In Greek mythology, Rhea is the mother of the Gods, daughter of Uranu and Gaia. She is married to her brother Cronus and is the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and Zeus. She was only able to save Zeus from the jealous wrath of Cronus and Zeus became the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus.
To Christianity
The early Christians celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honour Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday.
To the British
In Victorian times it was considered important for people to return to their home or "mother" church once a year. Inevitably the return to the "mother" church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old.)
And most historians think that it was the return to the "Mother" church which led to the tradition of children, particularly those working as domestic servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off to visit their mother and family.
To America
In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother's Day in honour of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honour mothers. The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honouring Anna's mother. Anna handed out her mother's favourite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Anna's hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honour of mothers.
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.
Despite Jarvis' 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 honour and to express appreciation of their mothers.
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
By Edgar Allen Poe (extract from the poem, To my mother)
Mother's Day is celebrated all over the world to honour our Mothers. It is the occasion to pay rich tributes to that person who has a great impact on our lives, a person whose love and care knows no boundaries, and a person who does everything to keep her children happy and joyous. But how did this day come about? See what history says.
To the Greeks
The earliest recording of mother's day celebration goes back to the times when Greeks were Gods. There were festivities to honour the magnum mater (great mother) Rhea. In Greek mythology, Rhea is the mother of the Gods, daughter of Uranu and Gaia. She is married to her brother Cronus and is the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and Zeus. She was only able to save Zeus from the jealous wrath of Cronus and Zeus became the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus.
To Christianity
The early Christians celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honour Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday.
To the British
In Victorian times it was considered important for people to return to their home or "mother" church once a year. Inevitably the return to the "mother" church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old.)
And most historians think that it was the return to the "Mother" church which led to the tradition of children, particularly those working as domestic servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off to visit their mother and family.
To America
In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother's Day in honour of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honour mothers. The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honouring Anna's mother. Anna handed out her mother's favourite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Anna's hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honour of mothers.
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.
Despite Jarvis' 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 honour and to express appreciation of their mothers.
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