The origins of Mother’s Day date back to ancient Greece, but the way we celebrate it today was born right in the US, at the beginning of the 20th century.
In ancient Greece, people dedicated an annual spring festival to mother-gods, and Romanians also celebrated a spring festival called Hilaria, which was dedicated to a mother-goddess named Cybele. Thr Christian festival named “Mothering Sunday” is another early precedent of Mother`s Day.
Other more recent origins related to Mother’s Day are from the 1600s, in England, when Mother’s Day was celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Easter. Some stories say that people were returning to this day to their “mother”, the church. It was about the church where they were baptized as babies or the church they attended as children. This unique holiday brought communities together and people who had not seen each other for a long time.
Until 1911, Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state in America, and on May 8, 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson signed a document and made this celebration official. Every second Sunday of May will be designated Mother’s Day.
This day is now celebrated by about 70 states of the world. Celebrate your mom with a gift services from https://www.newspringmd.com/.