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1、Mothers Day,Mothers Day first appeared in ancient Greece,and it was the annual January 8th,while in the United States,Canada and other countries,it is the second Sunday in May every year.A number of other countries dates were also the same.On this day mothers often receive gifts.,Jarviss mother,Anna
2、 Maria Reeves Jarvis,was an activist during the Civil War and lost 8 of her 12 children before they reached adulthood.When she died in 1905,Anna(daughter)devoted all her life to honoring her mother.Her devotion led her to strive to appoint an official U.S.holiday to recognize mothers.Though Mothers
3、Day had been celebrated informally for many years,Jarvis wrote many important figures(including U.S.congressmen and prosperous businessmen),imploring them to back Mothers Day as an official holiday.,MOTHER,“M”is for the million things she gave me,“O”means only that shes growing old,“T”is for the tea
4、rs she shed to save me,“H”is for her heart of purest gold,“E”is for her eyes,with the love-light shining,“R”means right,and right shell always be,Put them all together,they spell“MOTHER”,A word that means the world to me.,China:the second Sunday in May.Japan:the third Sunday of October each year.Can
5、ada:the second Sunday of May each year.France:29th May each year.India:5th April each year.,Gifts,Cards,Today,millions of Americans observe Mothers Day in some way.They buy more than one-hundred-fifty million Mothers Day greeting cards.Most of the cards show pictures of flowers or hearts or other th
6、ings that people feel are linked to being a mother.They have messages that express a persons love and thanks for his or her mother.Some are humorous,and some have no words-people can express their own feelings for their mother.,Flowers,Many people give flowers for Mothers Day.It is one of the busies
7、t days of the year for the flower industry.Even Americans who live far away from their mothers can send flowers.They order and pay for the flowers at a local flower store.The local store places a telephone call or sends a fax message to a flower store in a faraway city.And that store carries the flo
8、wers to the persons mother in that city.,Carnation,It stands for a healthy,enthusiastic,great,holy,loving mother.The red one:May mothers be healthy.The pink one:May mothers be young forever.,HemerocallisFlower 忘忧草,HemerocallisFlower is also called Wang Youcao.On Mothers Day,children present their mo
9、thers Wang Youcao,hoping that mothers will be away from sorrow and be happy everyday and hope that they will have a long and healthy life.,Best Wishes,I want to wish you a happy Mothers Day.Thank you for everything over the years,mom.Where would we be without you,mom?I may not often say it,but I do love you.,
