About Mother's Day

• On Mother's Day, we can see people giving carnations to their mothers. Why carnations? This has to do with the history of Mother's Day.
• In the United States around 150 years ago, Anna Jarvis organized a day to raise the awareness of the poor health conditions in her community. She called it "Mother's Work Day" because mothers could do most to improve families' health.
• Anna died in 1905 and her daughter, also named Anna, started a campaign to commemorate her mother' s life work. She lobbied businessmen and politicians to create a special day to honour mothers. In 1908, she gave out white carnations, her mother' s favourite flower, at a church service. Finally in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially announced the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day as a public expression of love and reverence to mothers.
• The tradition has continued and nowadays, many countries celebrate Mother's Day. They choose different dates though. In Hong Kong, some people also give carnations to their mothers. They also give cards and chocolates. Many families go to restaurants.
• What are you going to do on Mother's Day for your hard-working mother?