{"id":1688,"date":"2023-05-01T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chocolaty.in\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2023-05-01T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:37:28","slug":"mothers-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolaty.in\/blog\/mothers-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day celebrations – But before that here\u2019s Why we celebrate Mother’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mother\u2019s Day is celebrated<\/a><\/strong> in the entire world on every second Sunday of the May month and this year it is falling on the 14th of May. Mother\u2019s Day is celebrated all over the world to celebrate the thankless jobs that all moms of the world have been doing. Mother\u2019s Day is all about expressing love, respect, and honour for the moms and also spoiling them by pampering them to the fullest.<\/p>\n

Well, there is no hard and fast rule to celebrate this day and of course, it is highly customisable. One can celebrate Mother\u2019s Day as and how they want. Only one rule should be followed when it comes to celebrating Mother’s Day and it is \u2018it should make your mother happy\u2019, and nothing else matters. The way you decide to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day doesn\u2019t have to make sense to anyone else, it doesn\u2019t have to justify any standards, and it doesn\u2019t have to be trending. It just has to be comforting and something that your mom would enjoy.<\/p>\n

We are pretty sure that you might already have decided how to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/a>. In case, you haven\u2019t keep checking out our blogs because we will be coming up with a lot of Mother\u2019s day related blogs to help you plan this day perfectly.<\/p>\n

But, before those things, here we need to talk about Mother\u2019s Day in detail. In this blog, we are talking about the main reason why this day is celebrated, how it is celebrated in the whole world, and what are the different ways people celebrate it.<\/p>\n

This blog is going to be informative enough so make sure to stick till the end.<\/p>\n

Why Mother\u2019s Day is celebrated worldwide <\/strong><\/p>\n

This day is celebrated to honour the existence of mothers and their significance in people’s lives. A mother plays different roles in all of our lives like the birth giver, caregiver, friend, confidante, leader, gossiper, secret sharer, protector, and mentor, and the list is pretty much endless.<\/p>\n

As per some statistics on history.com, the number of phone calls is higher on Mother\u2019s Day than any other time of year and phone traffic increases by 37%. These statistics clearly show that people call their moms a lot more on this day. So, if nothing, at least make sure to wish their moms on this day.<\/p>\n

More than anything else or for any specific reason, this day is celebrated as an excuse to celebrate the best creature on earth which is Mom. This day is all about spoiling your moms and grandma to the fullest because they deserve it.<\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Day is a part of our ancient history. The day was originally celebrated by the ancient Greeks and Romans who used to celebrate festivals in honour of the mother goddesses – Rhea and Cybele. So, originally, it was for these two Goddesses that Mother\u2019s Day was actually celebrated. Rhea was the mother of the Roman goddesses and, as a maternal figure, represents female fertility, motherhood and generation. Cybele is another mother goddess, often associated with Rhea and maternal instinct.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is why the original Mother\u2019s Day started to be celebrated. The official Mother\u2019s Day began in the USA. It was started by the daughter of Ann Marie Jarvis who was Anna Jarvis. Anna Jarvis wanted the day to be a celebration of how much mothers sacrificed for their children. After her Mother\u2019s death in 1905, she started creating the Mother\u2019s Day tradition and made enough effort into it. For creating this day as an occasion, she backed some financial support from John Wanamaker (who owned a Philadelphia department store).<\/p>\n

She was the one who celebrated the first-ever Mother\u2019s Day in a Methodist church located in Virginia. It was on the same day, the department store held a celebration for the special day also. Jarvis did about 9 years of campaigning for Mother\u2019s Day and after promoting it rigorously, it eventually become recognised as a public holiday in 1914. Her efforts were counted and she was successful. Jarvis established the \u201cMother\u2019s Day International Association\u201d to help fund and promote her efforts. President Woodrow Wilson signed a contract stating that Mother\u2019s Day would be the second Sunday in May. Her efforts even made this day be celebrated as a National holiday in the US.<\/p>\n

Presently, American Mother\u2019s Day has been way more commercialised than expected. Most countries celebrate Mother\u2019s Day depending upon this day. So, there are people who have also criticised this phenomenon because of excessive commercialisation. Due to excessive commercialisation over the years, even Jarvis said that this was not the intent behind creating this pure day as a holiday. It was only meant to be celebrated in a small way with personal comforting gestures. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday\u2019s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. So, it got tricky thereon.<\/p>\n

Mother’s Day in the UK – Mothering Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is from this day onwards, Mother\u2019s Day started to be celebrated in the whole world on the same day. But, apart from this story, there are some countries like the UK, this day is celebrated on some other day with a different story. We will discuss that as well.<\/p>\n

The people of the UK celebrate their traditional Mothering Sunday. This day is related to the Christian calendar. It takes place in March, three weeks before Easter, on the fourth Sunday of Lent. \u00a0\u00a0The UK public holiday of Mother\u2019s Day has definitely become more commercialised over the years. Commercialisation means more people have started celebrating it and because of it more brands, agencies, etc have started rolling out different campaigns and selling products depending on the marketing on this day. People want to show their mothers how grateful they are and the brands have made excellent marketing gimmicks out of it to make it mainstream.<\/p>\n

Conclusion <\/strong><\/p>\n

So, tell us honestly, did you know about so many reasons why Mother\u2019s Day is celebrated in the whole world? If not, here, we told you. So, you have enough stories now to boast about in front of your friends. And right after you are done with it, here is the time to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day in the best way possible.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for some cute Mother\u2019s Day gifts<\/strong><\/a> then the best place to check out to has to be Chocolaty.in. On our website, you will find some amazing gifts for the Mother\u2019s Day occasion perfectly listed on our website. We can also deliver gifts to your doorstep to make it easier for you. Check out chocolaty.in<\/a> and you will love our Mother\u2019s Day gifting collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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