Celebrations of Mothers’ Day in Many Countries

The Mother’s Day holiday is quite familiar to many people, maybe most people, as a day of celebrating love and appreciation for moms everywhere. More and more commonly this also means honoring the people in our lives that have been like mothers to us as well. Mother’s Day is celebrated at different times from culture to culture for a number of reasons; here is an overview of some of those dates and their history.

Present-day celebrations in the U.S. and many other countries are directly traced back to the 1870s when an essay by Julia Ward Howe was published, and later when Anna Jarvis promoted setting an official holiday in the early 1900s. However, the roots of the modern Mother’s Day may lie in the society of the ancient Greeks. They held a festival honoring mother goddesses, and human mothers by extension, every year around the vernal equinox. This practice was continued later by the Romans.

In Britain the date of Mother’s Day each year is related to the timing of Lent, while Canada and the United States celebrate the second Sunday of May. The second Sunday of May is, in fact, the choice of 82 different countries on six continents. Overall, May is by far the most popular month in which to set Mother’s Day, with 104 countries choosing to celebrate sometime during the fifth month.

In other nations such as Bulgaria and Ukraine, Mother’s Day celebrations take place on March 8th to coincide with the observance of International Women’s Day. Still others, including Egypt, observe Mother’s Day on March 21, the vernal equinox where winter turns to spring; this may just be a throwback to the original celebrations so many centuries ago. Similarly, other dates are often chosen to coincide with the local culture’s established celebrations of mothers, much like many other holidays.

Mother’s Days in many countries are considerable gift-giving occasions, & there can be a lot of pressure to come up with the definite perfect gift. Jewelry is always a safe bet, & there are many options of special mother’s rings and other mother’s jewelry available, which is customized with the birthstone of each child.

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