subject: Mothers Day Is Celebrated As A National Holiday In Usa [print this page] Mothers day
is celebrated as a national holiday in USA. Americans celebrate this day, on every second week of May, with great enthusiasm and full fervor. This day is marked with the realization of mothers importance and matchless role in daily life. Mothers and children manage to celebrate this day together. Moreover, on national level, the flag of USA is hoisted on every house and prominent buildings to honor mothers of the country.
in USA may be traced back to May, 8, 1914, when the then president of USA, Woodrow Wilson signed a joint resolution ; declaring Mothers Day as a national holiday. This historic achievement belongs to Ms. ANNA JARVIS who struggled hard enough to achieve this end as dreamed by her late Mother. Therefore, Mr. Woodrow Wilson is entitled as the founder of Mothers day in USA and Ms. ANNA JARVIS is designated Mother of Mothers Day. However, the efforts of Julia Ward Howe also deserve special mention here. She was the first to present the idea of celebrating mothers day on national level (probably in 1872).
Mothers Day celebration has got commercialized in USA. After CHRISTMAS and Valentines Day, Mothers Day is the biggest celebration in USA. Phone lines become over loaded and card sellers make record sales. Since flowers are favorite products for expressing feelings for each other in the west, Mothers day has also got special flowers that are essential for this days celebration. In the beginning, white carnation was entitled mother flowerbecause Anna Jarvis used to decorate her mother Church with these flowers on mothers day. Later on, partially due to shortage of white carnation and partially due to commercialization of the event, florists promoted tradition of wearing and presenting red and pink carnations to living mothers and white Carnation to honor the dead ones. These mother flowers USAare arranged in to fabulous flower arrangements for mothers day USA. Florists make record sales of flowers on Mothers day. This trend has given rise to a unique mothers-flowers relationship. Children and youngsters order mothers day flowers USA and; online and local florists send mothers day flowers USA to almost every nook and corner of USA. Many international online florists provide same day flower delivery for mothers day in USA, facilitating the off shore Americans to wish their mothers on Mothers Day.
Restaurants seem over loaded, cinemas house full and picnic resorts laden with families. This is because, children dont want their mothers to cook on that day and to remain closed in the boundary wall of their houses. Children and youngsters also love to give surprise breakfast, lunch or dinner that they have specially prepared for her on that day. Almond cakes and other sweet dishes impart further sweetness and strength to mother-progeny relationship. Children also dedicate special skits, plays, songs and dances to their mothers. Some make exclusive gifts after days and hours of hard work. In short, Children leave no turtle un- turned in paying tribute and gratitude to their American Mothers for their boundless love and matchless support!
by: Jasica David
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