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Mother's day

History of Mother's Day It started in Rome and became a United States national holiday less than 100 years ago You may think it was all started by Hallmark in an effort to sell cards, but that's not the case at all. Mother's Day dates back to the ancient Romans and made its way to the United States in the early 1900's and finally became a national holiday in 1914. The earliest tributes to Mother's Day date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated a Mother's Day of sorts during a festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England the holiday was expanded to include all mothers. It was then called Mothering Sunday. In the United States it started with one woman named Anna Jarvis. Jarvis was an Appalachian homemaker and she organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions of her community. She thought the day would be best advocated by mothers and called the day "Mother's Work Day". This holiday is very important in Ukraine and has always been widely celebrated too. If your lady has got a child it’s a great opportunity to congratulate her with Mother’s Day, even if she doesn’t your gift will surely be considered thoughtful as every lady is a potential mother in the future! This year Mother’s Day is on 10th of May!