1000603 A May Day for Mom

A May Day for Mom

You may know your mom, but how well do you really know Mother's Day?

By Carolyn R. Buchanan

Cards, flowers, sales, TV specials, and a day off for someone who really deserves it—that's what probably springs to mind for many people when they think about Mother's Day. But there's definitely more to the story.

The Earliest Mother's Day

Mother's Day hasn't been around as long as moms have, but the tradition does go way back. The earliest Mother's Day celebrations were held in the springtime in ancient Greece. The celebrations honored Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday," a day in which even servants were given the day off to spend with their families. A "mothering cake" was even served with the family meal.

Mother's Day Here at Home

In the U.S., Mother's Day began in 1872 when Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the words to famous song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," suggested it as a day dedicated to peace. But it didn't really catch on until 1907 when Anna Jarvis started a campaign to honor her own mother. She believed that mothers could help people get over the pain they experienced during the Civil War.

Moms Celebrated All Over the World

The U.S. isn't alone in devoting a day to its mothers. Many other countries including Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Japan, and Belgium also celebrate their moms in May. Other countries honor their moms at different times of the year.

Learning more about and celebrating Mother's Day is important, but probably not as important as understanding what your own mom, or grandmother, or aunt or anyone you choose to celebrate on May 10 has really done for you. And that will certainly be appreciated more than one day a year.

Max- Our mothers are very important for us, so we need to thank our mother to let us eat food, wear some clothes and clean our home. So now there is a Mother’s Day, which is a festival to thank our mother.   There are many ways to celebrate Mother’s Day, the ordinary way is to give a card to their mother, and write some words on the card to thank their mother. Others give flowers, presents, and even cakes to thank their mother. But, it isn’t important to use a special way or not, we just need to let our mothers know we thank them a lot.   There are many countries that celebrate Mother’s Day, but some countries don’t celebrate Mother’s Day at the second Sunday of May. Some people don’t know Mother’s Day started celebrating about two or three hundred years. So Mother’s Day is very important!