Mother Day Gifts Biography
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The earliest history of Mothers
Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to
maternal goddesses. The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus
and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology. Ancient Romans, too,
celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother
goddess. It may be noted that ceremonies in honour of Cybele began some 250
years before Christ was born. The celebration made on the Ides of March by
making offerings in the temple of Cybele lasted for three days and included
parades, games and masquerades. The celebrations were notorious enough that
followers of Cybele were banished from Rome .
Early Christians celebrated a
Mother's Day of sorts during the festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor
of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. In England the holiday was expanded to
include all mothers. It was then called Mothering Sunday. The more recent
history of Mothers Day dates back to 1600s in England . Here a Mothering Sunday
was celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading
up to Easter) to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to honor
Virgin Mary, children brought gifts and flowers to pay tribute to their own
mothers. On the occasion, servants, apprentices and other employees staying
away from their homes were encouraged by their employers to visit their mothers
and honor them. Traditionally children brought with them gifts and a special
fruit cake or fruit-filled pastry called a simnel. Yugoslavs and people in
other nations have observed similar days.
Custom of celebrating Mothering
Sunday died out almost completely by the 19th century. However, the day came to
be celebrated again after World War II, when American servicemen brought the
custom and commercial enterprises used it as an occasion for sales. The idea of
official celebration of Mothers day in US was first suggested by Julia Ward
Howe in 1872. An activist, writer and poet Julia shot to fame with her famous
Civil War song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Julia Ward Howe
suggested that June 2 be annually celebrated as Mothers Day and should be
dedicated to peace. She wrote a passionate appeal to women and urged them to
rise against war in her famous Mothers Day Proclamation, written in Boston in 1870. She also
initiated a Mothers' Peace Day observance on the second Sunday in June in Boston and held the
meeting for a number of years. Julia tirelessly championed the cause of
official celebration of Mothers Day and declaration of official holiday on the
day. Her idea spread but was later replaced by the Mothers' Day holiday now
celebrated in May. Anna Jarvis is recognised as the Founder of Mothers Day in
US. Though Anna Jarvisnever married and never had kids, she is also known as
the Mother of Mothers Day, an apt title for the lady who worked hard to bestow
honor on all mothers. Anna Jarvis got the inspiration of celebrating Mothers
Day from her own mother Mrs Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis in her childhood. An
activist and social worker, Mrs Jarvis used to express her desire that someday
someone must honor all mothers, living and dead, and pay tribute to the
contributions made by them.
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