Mother's Day 46276 224219491 2008-07-07T21:23:19Z Enric Naval 101522 /* Dates */ +another ref for haiti {{about|several worldwide days celebrating motherhood}} {{Infobox Holiday | |holiday_name=Mother's Day |observedby=Many countries |date=Varies regionally |type=Historical |relatedto=[[Father's Day]] }} '''Mother's Day''' is a day honoring [[mother]]s, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements [[Father's Day]], the celebration honouring [[father]]s. ==History== [[Image:Mother's Day cake.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A celebratory Mother's Day cookie cake.]] Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins. One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in [[ancient Greece]], which kept a festival to [[Cybele]], a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the [[Vernal Equinox]] around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the [[Ides of March]] ([[15 March]]) to [[18 March]]. The [[ancient Romans]] also had another holiday, [[Matronalia]], that was dedicated to [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], though mothers were usually given gifts on this day. In addition to Mother's Day, [[International Women's Day]] is celebrated in many countries, most often on [[March 8]]. ==Spelling== In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day". <ref name="vancouversun" /> {{quote|1="She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." <ref name="vancouversun" />}} This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's on the law making official the holiday on the US, by U.S. Congress on bills, <ref name="vote274" /><ref name="vote275" /> and by other U.S. President on their declarations. <ref>Presidential proclamations from The American Presidency Project: * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=14859 71 - Mother's Day Proclamation], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], May 3 1934. * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=24097 Proclamation 3535 Mother's Day, 1963] [[John F. Kennedy]], 26 April 1963. * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75197 Proclamation 3583 - Mother's Day, 1964] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], 23 April 1964 * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=834 Proclamation 4437 - Mother's Day, 1976], [[Gerald Ford]], May 5 1976. * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=1845 Proclamation 6133 - Mother's Day, 1990], [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]], May 10 1990 * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=62428 Proclamation 6559 - Mother's Day, 1993], [[Bill J. Clinton]], May 7 1993. * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=77285 Proclamation 8253 - Mother's Day, 2008], [[George W. Bush]], May 8 2008.</ref> Common usage in english language also dictates that the ostensibly singular possessive "Mother's Day" is the preferred spelling. == Dates == Mother's Day is celebrated on different days throughout the world. Examining the [[Google Trends|trends in Google searches]] for the term "mother's day" shows two primary results, the smaller one on the fourth Sunday in [[Lent]] (it is also called ladies day and women's day), and the larger one on the second Sunday in May.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.google.com/trends?q=mothers+day&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all | title = mothers day (sic) | work = Google Trends | publisher = [[Google]] | accessdaymonth = 28 May | accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> <br> <br> '''Mother's Day in various regions''': <br> <br> ''Note: Countries that celebrate [[International Women's Day]] are marked with a dagger '†'. <br> <br> {| class="wikitable" ! width="100px" | Occurrence ! width="100px"| Dates ! colspan="6" | Country |-- | valign="top" | Second Sunday of February |valign="top" width="150px"| February 10 2008 <br> February 8 2009 <br> February 14 2010 <br> | colspan="6" valign="top" | {{flagicon| Norway}} [[Norway]] <br> |-- | valign="top" | [[February 2]] | | colspan="6" valign="top" | {{flagicon| Greece}} [[Greece]] <br> |-- | valign="top" | [[Shevat]] 30 <br> (Falls anywhere between [[January 30]] and [[March 1]]) | |colspan="6" valign="top" | {{flagicon| Israel}} [[Israel]] |-- | valign="top" | [[March 3]] | | colspan="6" valign="top" | {{flagicon| Georgia}} [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] |-- | valign="top" | [[March 8]] | | width="150px" valign="top"| {{flagicon| Afghanistan}} [[Afghanistan]] <br> {{flagicon| Albania}}[[Albania]]† <br> {{flagicon| Armenia}} [[Armenia]] <br> | width="150px" valign="top"| {{flagicon| Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan]] <br> {{flagicon| Belarus}} [[Belarus]]† <br> {{flagicon| Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] <br> | width="150px" valign="top"| {{flagicon| Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]]† <br> {{flagicon| Laos}} [[Laos]] <br> {{flagicon| Macedonia}} [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]† <br> | width="150px" valign="top"| {{flagicon| Moldova}} [[Moldova]] <br> {{flagicon| Montenegro}} [[Montenegro]] <br> {{flagicon| Romania}} [[Romania]] <br> | width="150px" valign="top"| {{flagicon| Russia}} [[Russia]]† <br> {{flagicon| Serbia}} [[Serbia]] <br> | width="150px" valign="top" colspan="6"| |-- |valign="top" | Fourth Sunday in [[Lent]] | valign="top" | [[March 2]] 2008 <br> March 22 2009 <br> March 14 2010 <br> | valign="top" | {{flagicon| Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] <br> {{flagicon| Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]] <br> | colspan="6" valign="top" | {{flagicon| United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] <br> |-- | valign="top" | [[March 21]] <br> ([[Equinox|vernal equinox)]] | | valign="top"| {{flagicon| Bahrain}} [[Bahrain]] <br> {{flagicon| Egypt}} [[Egypt]] <br> {{flagicon| Iraq}} [[Iraq]] <br> | valign="top"| {{flagicon| Jordan}} [[Jordan]] <br> {{flagicon| Kuwait}} [[Kuwait]] <br> {{flagicon| Oman}} [[Oman]] <br> | valign="top"| {{flagicon| Lebanon}} [[Lebanon]] <br> {{flagicon| Palestine}} [[Palestine]] <br> {{flagicon| Qatar}} [[Qatar]] <br> |valign="top"| {{flagicon| Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]] <br> {{flagicon| Sudan}} [[Sudan]] <br> {{flagicon| Syria}} [[Syria]] <br> |valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| United Arab Emirates}} [[United Arab Emirates]] <br> {{flagicon| Yemen}} [[Yemen]] (All {{flagicon| Arab League}} [[Arab countries]] in general) <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[March 25]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Slovenia}} [[Slovenia]] <br> |-- |valign="top"| [[April 7]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Armenia}} [[Armenia]] <br> |-- |valign="top"| [[April 2]] <br> (Chinese calendar) | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| China}} [[China]] <br> |-- |valign="top"| [[Baisakh]] [[Amavasya]] (Mata Tirtha Aunsi) | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Nepal}} [[Nepal]] <br> |-- |valign="top"| First Sunday of May |valign="top"| May 4 2008 <br> May 3 2009 <br> May 2 2010 <br> |valign="top"| {{flagicon| Hungary}} [[Hungary]] <br> {{flagicon| Lithuania}} [[Lithuania]]* <br> |valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Portugal}} [[Portugal]] <br> {{flagicon| Spain}} [[Spain]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 8]] | |valign="top" colspan="6" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Albania}} [[Albania]] ([[Parents' Day]]) <br> {{flagicon| South Korea}} [[South Korea]] ([[Parents' Day]]) <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 10]] | | valign="top"| {{flagicon| El Salvador}} [[El Salvador]] <br> {{flagicon| Guatemala}} [[Guatemala]] <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Mexico}} [[Mexico]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| Second Sunday of May |valign="top"| [[May 11]] 2008 <br> May 10 2009 <br> May 9 2010 <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Anguilla}} [[Anguilla]] <br> {{flagicon| Aruba}} [[Aruba]] <br> {{flagicon| Australia}} [[Australia]] <br> {{flagicon| Austria}} [[Austria]] <br> {{flagicon| Bahamas}} [[Bahamas]] <br> {{flagicon| Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]] <br> {{flagicon| Barbados}} [[Barbados]] <br> {{flagicon| Belgium}} [[Belgium]] <br> {{flagicon| Belize}} [[Belize]] <br> {{flagicon| Bermuda}} [[Bermuda]] <br> {{flagicon| Bonaire}} [[Bonaire]] <br> {{flagicon| Brazil}} [[Brazil]] <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Brunei}} [[Brunei]] <br> {{flagicon| Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]] <br> {{flagicon| Canada}} [[Canada]] <br> {{flagicon| Chile}} [[Chile]] <br> {{flagicon| China}} [[China, People's Republic of]] <br> {{flagicon| Taiwan}} [[China, Republic of]] (Taiwan) <br> {{flagicon| Colombia}} [[Colombia]] <br> {{flagicon| Croatia}} [[Croatia]] <br> {{flagicon| Cuba}} [[Cuba]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.enlace.cu/efemeride/mayo.htm | title = Principales efemérides. Mes Mayo | publisher = [[Unión de Periodistas de Cuba]] | accessdate = 2008-06-07 }}</ref><br> {{flagicon| Curaçao}} [[Curaçao]] <br> {{flagicon| Cyprus}} [[Cyprus]] <br> {{flagicon| Czech Republic}} [[Czech Republic]] <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Denmark}} [[Denmark]] <br> {{flagicon| Ecuador}} [[Ecuador]] <br> {{flagicon| Estonia}} [[Estonia]] <br> {{flagicon| Finland}} [[Finland]] <br> {{flagicon| Germany}} [[Germany]] <br> {{flagicon| Ghana}} [[Ghana]] <br> {{flagicon| Greece}} [[Greece]] <br> {{flagicon| Grenada}} [[Grenada]] <br> {{flagicon| Honduras}} [[Honduras]] <br> {{flagicon| Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]] <br> {{flagicon| Iceland}} [[Iceland]] <br> {{flagicon| India}} [[India]] <br> {{flagicon| Italy}} [[Italy]]† <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Jamaica}} [[Jamaica]] <br> {{flagicon| Japan}} [[Japan]] <br> {{flagicon| Latvia}} [[Latvia]]* <br> {{flagicon| Malta}} [[Malta]] <br> {{flagicon| Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]] <br> {{flagicon| Myanmar}} [[Myanmar]] <br> {{flagicon| Netherlands}} [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]] <br> {{flagicon| New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]] <br> {{flagicon| Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]] <br> {{flagicon| Peru}} [[Peru]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.drelm.gob.pe/index.php?p=art&menu=49 | title = Calendario Cívico Escolar | publisher = Dirección Regional de Educación de Lima Metropolitana | accessdate = 2008-06-07 }}</ref><br> {{flagicon| Philippines}} [[Philippines]] <br> {{flagicon| Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico]] <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]] <br> {{flagicon| South Africa}} [[South Africa]] <br> {{flagicon| Saint Lucia}} [[St. Lucia]] <br> {{flagicon| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] <br> {{flagicon| Sint Maarten}} [[Sint Maarten]] <br> {{flagicon| Singapore}} [[Singapore]] <br> {{flagicon| Suriname}} [[Suriname]] <br> {{flagicon| Switzerland}} [[Switzerland]] <br> {{flagicon| Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Trinidad and Tobago]] <br> {{flagicon| Turkey}} [[Turkey]] <br> {{flagicon| Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]] <br> {{flagicon| United States}} [[United States]] <br> {{flagicon| Uruguay}} [[Uruguay]] <br> |valign="top" width="150px"| {{flagicon| Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]] <br> {{flagicon| Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 15]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Paraguay}} [[Paraguay]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 26]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Poland}} [[Poland]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 27]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Bolivia}} [[Bolivia]] |-- | valign="top"| Last Sunday of May |valign="top"| May 25 2008 <br> May 31 2009 <br> May 30 2010 <br> | valign="top"| {{flagicon| Algeria}} [[Algeria]] <br> {{flagicon| Dominican Republic}} [[Dominican Republic]] <br> | valign="top"| {{flagicon| France}} [[France]] (First Sunday of June if [[Pentecost]] occurs on this day) <br> {{flagicon| France}} [[French Antilles]] (First Sunday of June if [[Pentecost]] occurs on this day) <br> {{flagicon| Haiti}} [[Haiti]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.discoverhaiti.com/history_holidays.htm | publisher = discoverhaiti.com | title = Haiti: Main Holidays | accessdate = 2008-07-08 }} * {{cite web | url = http://www.haiti-reference.com/histoire/calendrier-fetes.html | title = 6310.- Fêtes et Jours Fériés en Haiti | language = french | accessdate = 2008-07-08 }} {{fr icon}}</ref><br> |valign="top"| {{flagicon| Mauritius}} [[Mauritius]] <br> {{flagicon| Morocco}} [[Morocco]] <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Sweden}} [[Sweden]] <br> {{flagicon| Tunisia}} [[Tunisia]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[May 30]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Nicaragua}} [[Nicaragua]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[June 1]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Mongolia}} [[Mongolia]]† (The Mothers and Children's Day.) <br> |-- | valign="top"| Second Sunday of June | valign="top"| June 8 2008 <br> June 14 2009 <br> June 13 2010 <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Luxembourg}} [[Luxembourg]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| Last Sunday of June |valign="top"| June 29 2008 <br> June 28 2009 <br> June 27 2009 <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Kenya}} [[Kenya]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[August 12]] | |valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Thailand}} [[Thailand]] (the birthday of Queen [[Sirikit Kitiyakara]]) |-- | valign="top"| [[August 15]] ([[Assumption Day|Assumption&nbsp;Day]]) | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Antwerp}} [[Antwerp]] ([[Belgium]]) <br> {{flagicon| Costa Rica}} [[Costa Rica]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| Second Monday of October | valign="top"| October 13 2008 <br> October 12 2009 <br> October 11 2010 <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Malawi}} [[Malawi]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[October 14]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Belarus}} [[Belarus]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| Third Sunday of October | valign="top"| October 19 2008 <br> October 18 2009 <br> October 17 2010 <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Argentina}} [[Argentina]] (''Día de la Madre'') <br> |-- | valign="top"| Last Sunday of November | valign="top"| November 30 2008 <br> November 29 2009 <br> November 28 2010 <br> | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Russia}} [[Russia]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[December 8]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Panama}} [[Panama]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[16 December ]], Iranian calendar: 25 [[Azar]] (Mother And Child Foundation) | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Iran}} [[Iran]] <br> |-- | valign="top"| [[December 22]] | | valign="top" colspan="6"| {{flagicon| Indonesia}} [[Indonesia]] <br> |} ==International history and traditions== In most countries, Mother's Day is a recent observance derived from the holiday as it has evolved in North America and Europe. Many African countries adopted the idea of one Mother's Day from the British tradition, although there are many festivals and events celebrating mothers within the many diverse cultures on the African continent that long pre-date colonization. === Japan === Mother's Day in Japan was initially commemorated during the [[Showa period]] as the birthday of [[Empress Kōjun]] (mother of [[Emperor Akihito]]). Nowadays - as in the United States - the holiday is a heavily marketed concept, and people typically give flowers such as carnations and roses as gifts. === China === In China, in recent years some people began to advocate for the official adoption of Mother's Day in memory of Meng Mu, the mother of [[Mencius|Mèng Zǐ]]. It remains an unofficial festival, except in a small number of cities. {{Fact|date=June 2008}} === Greece === Mother's Day in Greece corresponds to the [[Eastern Orthodox]] feast day of the [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple]]. Since the [[Theotokos]] (The Mother of God) appears prominently in this feast as the one who brought Christ to the Temple at Jerusalem, this feast is associated with mothers. {{Fact|date=June 2008}} === United Kingdom and Ireland === {{main|Mothering Sunday}} In the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]], Mothering Sunday, also called "Mother's Day", falls on the fourth Sunday of [[Lent]] (exactly three weeks before [[Easter Sunday]]). It is believed to have originated from the 16th century [[Christian]] practice of visiting one's mother church annually, which meant that most mothers would be reunited with their children on this day. Most historians believe that young apprentices and young women in servitude were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/motheringsunday_1.shtml |title = Mothering Sunday |work = Religion & Ethics |publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]] |accessdate = 2006-05-28 }}</ref> As a result of secularisation, it is now principally used to show appreciation to one's mother, although it is still recognised in the historical sense by some churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ as well as the traditional concept '[[Mother Church]]'. Mothering Sunday can fall at the earliest on [[1 March]] (in years when Easter Day falls on [[22 March]]) and at the latest on [[4 April]] (when Easter Day falls on [[25 April]]). === United States === {{main|Mother's Day (United States)}} [[Image:Mother's day gifts.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A selection of handmade Mother's Day gifts.]] The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the [[United States]], Mother's Day was inspired by the British day and was imported by social activist [[Julia Ward Howe]] after the [[American Civil War]]. However, it was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the [[Mother's Day Proclamation]] as a call for peace and disarmament. Howe failed in her attempt to get formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace. Her idea was influenced by [[Ann Jarvis]], a young Appalachian homemaker who, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mother's Work Days. She organized women throughout the Civil War to work for better sanitary conditions for both sides, and in 1868 she began work to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors. [[Frank E. Hering]], President of the [[Fraternal Order of Eagles]], made the first known public plea for "a national day to honor our mothers" in 1904. <ref name="annie">{{cite web | url = http://www.annieshomepage.com/mothershistory.html | title = Annie's "Mother's Day" History Page | accessdate = 2008-06-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foe.com/about-us/mothers-day.aspx |title=Fraternal Order of Eagles: The History of Mother's Day|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> When Jarvis died in 1905, her daughter, named [[Anna Jarvis]], started the crusade to found a memorial day for women. In 1907, she passed out 500 white carnations at her mother’s church, St. Andrew’s Methodist Episcopal Church in [[Grafton, West Virginia]]—one for each mother in the congregation. The first Mother's Day service was celebrated on [[10 May]] [[1908]], in the same church where the elder Ann Jarvis had taught Sunday School. Anna chose Sunday to be Mother's Day because she intended the day to be commemorated and treated as a Holy Day. Originally the Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, the site of the original Mother's Day commemoration, where Anna handed out carnations, this building is now the International Mother's Day Shrine (a [[National Historic Landmark]]). From there, the custom caught on—spreading eventually to 46 states. The holiday was declared officially by some states beginning in 1912, beginning with West Virginia. In 8 May 1014, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and requesting a proclamation. <ref name="rice" /> In May 9, 1914, President [[Woodrow Wilson]] made that proclamation, declaring the first national Mother's Day, <ref name="9may">[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may09.html Today in History: May 9] Library of Congress</ref><ref name="rice" /> as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war. <ref name="rice">Rice, Susan Tracey and Robert Haven Schauffler (1915), ''Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse.'' New York: Moffat, Yard and Company. Anna Jarvis and Philadelphia, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 p. 6]; Mother's Day bill in Congress, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4 pp. 4-5] {{quote|in 1914 Congress passed a law, which Wilson signed on May 8, 1914, "designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day," and authorizing and requesting that Wilson issue a proclamation "calling upon the government officials to display the United States flag on all buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."}}</ref> [[Dianthus_caryophyllus|Carnation]]s have come to represent Mother's Day, since they were delivered at one of its first celebrations by its founder. <ref name="9may" /> This also started the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day. <ref name="annie" /> The color of the flower has two different meanings: if it's colored (usually red), the person's mother is alive, if it's white, it's dead. <ref name="annie" /> The founder, Anna Jarvis, gave a different meaning to the colors. She only delivered a single white carnation to every person, a symbol of the purity of a mother's love. <ref name="vancouversun" /><ref name="msnbc">{{cite news | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24556903/ | title = Mother's Day reaches 100th anniversary, The woman who lobbied for this day would berate you for buying a card | author = AP | work = MSNBC | date = 2008-05-11 | accessdate = 2008-07-07 }}</ref> In May 2008, the [[US House of Representatives]] voted unanimously on a resolution commemorating Mother's Day, <ref name="vote274">[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2008-274 House Vote #274 (May 7, 2008)] H. Res. 1113: Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day (Vote On Passage)</ref> then [[Congressman]] [[Todd Tiahrt]] asked for a re-vote, and most members of his party voted this time against it. The resolution passed successfully on both votations. <ref name="vote275">[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2008-275 House Vote #275 (May 7, 2008)] Table Motion to Reconsider: H RES 1113 Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day</ref> House Minority Leader [[John Boehner]], asked about the matter, answered that "(they) just wanted to make sure that everyone was on record in support of Mother's Day". {{Fact|date=June 2008}} ====Commercialization==== Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inheritance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw an abuse of the celebration. <ref name="vancouversun" /> Later commercial and other exploitations of the use of Mother's Day infuriated Anna and she made her criticisms explicitly known throughout her time <ref name="msnbc" /><ref name="vancouversun">{{cite news | url = http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71ad4b546854 | title = Mother's Day creator likely 'spinning in her grave' | author = Louisa Taylor, Canwest News Service | work = [[Vancouver Sun]] | date = 2008-05-11 | accessdate = 2008-07-07 }}</ref>. She criticized the practice of purchasing greeting cards as a sign of being too lazy to write a personal letter. She was arrested at 1948 for disturbing the peace while protesting for the comercialization of Mother's Day, and she finally said that she "wished she would have never started the day because it became so out of control ...". <ref name="msnbc" /> Mother's Day continues to this day to be one of the most commercially successful U.S. occasions. According to the [[National Restaurant Association]], Mother's Day is now the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States. For example, according to [[IBISWorld]], a publisher of business research, Americans will spend approximately $2.6 billion on flowers, $1.53 billion on pampering gifts—like spa treatments—and another $68 million on greeting cards <ref>[http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/147-05082008-1530894.html Recession or not: Mom comes 1st (phillyBurbs.com) | Local Business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Mother's Day will generate about 7.8% of the US jewelry industry's annual revenue in 2008. Americans are expected to spend close to $3.51 billion in 2008 on dining out for Mother's Day, with brunch and dinner being the most popular dining out options <ref>[http://www.avpress.com/n/08/0508_s25.hts AV Press article]</ref>. ==See also== {{portalpar|Holidays}} * [[Father's Day]] * [[Mothering Sunday]] * [[May crowning]] * [[International Women's Day]] * [[Hallmark holiday]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.mothersdayshrine.com International Mother's Day Shrine] * [http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mothersday/a/early.htm Mother's Day History] [[Category:Holidays in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:1908 establishments]] [[Category:Secular holidays]] [[Category:Parenting]] [[ar:عيد الأم]] [[bg:Ден на майката]] [[cs:Den matek]] [[da:Mors dag]] [[de:Muttertag]] [[et:Emadepäev]] [[es:Día de la Madre]] [[eo:Tago de patrinoj]] [[eu:Amaren Eguna]] [[fa:روز مادر]] [[fr:Fête des mères]] [[gl:Día da nai]] [[ko:어머니날]] [[io:Dio di matro]] [[id:Hari Ibu]] [[it:Festa della mamma]] [[he:יום המשפחה]] [[lt:Motinos diena]] [[hu:Anyák napja]] [[ms:Hari Ibu]] [[nl:Moederdag]] [[ja:母の日]] [[no:Morsdag]] [[nn:Morsdag]] [[pl:Dzień Matki]] [[pt:Dia das Mães]] [[ru:День матери]] [[sl:Materinski dan]] [[fi:Äitienpäivä]] [[sv:Mors dag]] [[th:วันแม่แห่งชาติ]] [[tr:Anneler Günü]] [[uk:День матері]] [[wa:Fiesse des mames]] [[zh-yue:母親節]] [[zh:母亲节]]