Mother’s Day, why it is celebrated on the second Sunday of May

This Sunday, May 8, millions of families are getting ready toentertain their mothers, but you know why the second Sunday in May was chosen to pay tribute to them. Do you know what the origin of this tradition is? Don’t miss the story of Mother’s Day.

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Although the UN General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/66/292, declared since 2012, June 1 as World Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day, thus wanting to recognize their work and honor their work throughout the world.

However, the date has not been very popular for celebrations. Mother’s Day is celebrated on different dates, but most countries celebrate it on the second Sunday of May.

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WHY IS MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATED ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MAY?

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second coming of May in honor of the American Ann Reeves Jarvis, a social activist who died on May 9, 1905. Her daughter, Anna Jarvis, was the one who started a movement to institute Mother’s Day. Mother in the United States every second Sunday in May (the date closest to her mother’s death), as a day when children could honor their mothers.

It was she who celebrated the first Mother’s Day in 1907, in honor of her mother, and then started a fight, sending letters to all the governors of the country. Finally, her effort paid off. In 1914, then-US President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill into law to recognize Jarvis Mother’s Day as a national holiday.

Anna Jarvis felt that she had fulfilled her mother’s dream, but years later, when the holiday had spread to other countries, she said she regretted her achievement, because the date took a commercial course. She even tried to boycott it because she wanted that date to be sacred and not consumerist. “I did not create Mother’s Day to make a profit”he told a reporter, in 1923. This time, however, his fight was unsuccessful.

WHAT COUNTRIES CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MAY?

The countries that celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May are:

Germany, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, China, Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, United States, Estonia, Philippines, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Peru, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela.