Happy Mother's Day!
Mother’s Day is the third most popular holiday in the world, behind only Christmas and Easter.
More phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year.
Approximately 65% of all greeting card sales occur in the last five days before Mother’s Day.
Women purchase 80% of all Mother’s Day cards.
Around one-quarter of all flowers purchased throughout the year are purchased for Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day was intended to be a day to honor mothers individually and not collectively, thus the reason for the apostrophe before the “s” – making it singular possessive instead of plural possessive.
Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for the restaurant industry with 62% of Americans dining out.
36% of Americans buy their mom jewelry.
The moniker 'Mom' comes from babies. The first thing a baby can vocalize is the 'ma' sound, which is why in almost every language the word for mother begins with the letter 'M' or is some iteration of the 'ma' sound.
Carnations have a special connection with Mother's Day. Anna Jarvis, who encouraged President Woodrow Wilson to declare Mother's Day an official holiday, started the practice of wearing a carnation to honor mothers. Traditionally, red or pink carnations are a nice gift to celebrate your mom, while white carnations can be used to honor a mother who has passed away.
You know that Mom definitely deserves a medal. And in France during the 1920s, she might have actually gotten one. The country began awarding medals to mothers of large families in gratitude for helping rebuild the population after so many lives were lost in World War I. Though that tradition was discontinued, French mothers now typically receive a flower-shaped cake on Mother's Day.
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