About Mother's Day

Yesterday, my brother bought an ice-cream cake and we shared it with my parents, sister-in-law and niece after dinner to celebrate Mother’s Day. In China, there isn't a local Mother’s Day, but we have Women’s Day on 8 March. On Women’s Day, some schools and companies give their female workers one day’s break or organize a Day Trip for the celebration. At home, we often prepare flowers and cards to show appreciation for our mothers. And now, boyfriends always give their girlfriends special gift for the occasion (just like Valentine day). Over the past 20 years, China has accepted some western celebrations like Christmas, Valentine, Mother’s Day and so on. I think sometimes people just need some more reasons for making life exciting.

After I searched “Mother’s Day” on Google, I found different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins. It said the modern Mother’s Day holiday (which is celebrated on the second Sunday of May) was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor its mother and it’s now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. According to the history, in 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother’s Day in honor of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She asked many important people and businesses men to help create a special day to honour mothers.