Mother's Day Facts

Mother's Day Facts

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you. You don’t have to have a child or give birth to one in order to be a mother. There are many types of mother. May we love and appreciate them all today. On this special day we saw some amazing facts about Mother’s Day.

Mother’s Day Facts

1. The first Mother’s Day was celebrated in 1908.
2. Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother’s Day.
3. The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia.
4. The modern Mother's Day has been assimilated into Indian culture and is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May.
5. Approximately 122 million phone calls are made to moms on Mother’s Day in United State.
6. More Flowers are sold on mother’s day than Valentine’s Day or any other celebration.
7. Approximately $14 billion dollars is spent on Mother’s Day.
8. Mother’s Day is the third most popular holiday in the world, behind only Christmas and Easter.
9. In its early days, people observed Mother's Day by going to church, and by writing letters to their mothers.
10. Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants.