About Mother's Day
  On
Mother's Day, we can see people giving carnations to their mothers. Why
carnations? This has to do with the history of Mother's Day.
In
the United States around 150 years ago, Anna Jarvis organized a day to
raise the awareness of the poor health conditions in her community. She
called it "Mother's Work Day" because mothers could do most
to improve families' health.
Anna
died in 1905 and her daughter, also named Anna, started a campaign to
commemorate her mother' s life work. She lobbied businessmen and politicians
to create a special day to honour mothers. In 1908, she gave out white
carnations, her mother' s favourite flower, at a church service. Finally
in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially announced the second Sunday
in May as Mother's Day as a public expression of love and reverence to
mothers.
The
tradition has continued and nowadays, many countries celebrate Mother's
Day. They choose different dates though. In Hong Kong, some people also
give carnations to their mothers. They also give cards and chocolates.
Many families go to restaurants.
What
are you going to do on Mother's Day for your hard-working mother?
| Mother's Day in
other parts of the world: |
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| Mother's
Day is celebrated on different dates in different countries.
Hong Kong follows the United States , which is usually mid-May.
Canada and Australia also use this date. The UK celebrates
before Easter. Spain's Mother's Day is in early December,
mid-October in Argentina and late May in France. |
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