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History of Mother's Day
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The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. But did you know that it took a while to get Mother's Day officially recognized, and that the woman who helped create it eventually wished she hadn't? Learn these and other interesting facts in the list below.
| | In the 1880s and 1890s there were several attempts to establish a Mother's Day, but they didn't succeed beyond the local level. |
| | The holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a day to honor one's mother. |
| | Jarvis wanted to accomplish her mother's dream of making a celebration for all mothers, although the idea didn't take off until she enlisted the services of wealthy Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. |
| | She kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914. |
| | The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark Holiday", i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. |
| | Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday. |
| | In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; it is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls. |
| | According to the National Restaurant Association, Mother's Day is now the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States. |
| | And according to IBISWorld, a publisher of business research, Americans will spend approximately $2.6 billion on flowers, $1.53 billion on pampering gifts—like spa treatments—and another $68 million on greeting cards. |
| | Mother's Day will generate about 7.8% of the U.S. jewelry industry's annual revenue, with custom gifts like mother's rings. |
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