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Mothers Day US Starts And Ends With A Gift
By Jane Kliperrs
Mothers Day US began in the early 1900’s, and it was to be a
day in which to honor all mothers. The initial idea by Anna Jarvis
was to show her appreciation for her own mother and she campaigned
hard to make this a national holiday, so that all mothers would
have a special day when their children could express how much
they loved and appreciated all that mothers do.
However, it soon became a Hallmark Holiday, filled with Mother’s
Day cards, flowers and small gifts. It then became a duty that
had to be done rather than a time to reflect upon one’s mother
and how she helped to shape her children and to show appreciation
for all that she has done over the years.
While Hallmark cards for Mothers Day US do make a huge profit,
florists and other companies that also provide flowers do a brisk
business in the shipping or sale of Mothers Day flowers.
Adult Children Buying Flowers For Mum
Grocery stores even make a good profit, as adult children rush
in to purchase bundles of flowers to take to their mother. Roses
of course are popular, and most mothers do love to receive flowers,
but when little thought is put into the purchase, it isn’t honoring
your mother as the holiday was meant to do.
The other major gift seen on Mother’s Day in the US tends
to be chocolates. There are always promotions and other deals
on special packages of chocolates to review your options and are
put together specifically for this day.
Choosing Her Favorite Chocolates
A Mothers Day gift for a mom with a sweet tooth will almost always
be some form of chocolate. Some specialty shops will do a huge
amount of business leading up to this day, usually more than any
other day of the year with the possible exception of Valentine’s
Day.
Many families will celebrate Mother’s Day in the US by taking
their mother out for breakfast, brunch or dinner. Even in this
day and age the mother in the family tends to be the one responsible
for making meals on a regular basis, and so families try to make
Mothers Day special by taking their mom out to dine in a fancy
restaurant.
Commercialization Of A Holiday
The second Sunday in May is the biggest day of the year for most
restaurants, and most will schedule extra workers to deal with
the high volume of patrons. All of these gifts on Mothers Day
US will probably be appreciated, though in many cases the day
begins and ends with the gift.
Whether the gifts for mom are flowers, chocolates or a night
out at a nice restaurant, it will show that the person giving
the gift cares, but it might not have the same impact as a more
personal gift.
This is the commercialization of the holiday and it will mean
different things for different people.
About the Author:
Jane Kliperrs has written a number of articles on Mothers Day, gift ideas, party ideas, and food including
First Mothers Day,
Wedding Gift Ideas,
Unique Gift,
The Birthday Party,
Birthday Party Supplies,
Birthday Party Rental,
Party Supplies,
Party Supply Tips.
Keep a lookout for more articles on this website.
Did You Know?
How has the origins of Mother’s Day being pagan and relating
to other deities found its way into acceptance by Christian religions?
Early Christian priests and governments knew
that outlawing all pagan practices was not the way to bring new
followers into Christianity. So often they would take pagan rituals
and festivals and incorporating them with Christian beliefs.
Mother’s Day did originally honor pagan
Goddesses but as Christianity began to spread, the followers began
to substitute the Virgin Mary in place of Juno and Cybele. As
more people began to adopt Christianity as their religion the
older pagan celebrations began to fade into obscurity.
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