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Happy Mother's Day!


Happy Mother's Day to Shania and all the other moms out there!



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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE.

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Happy Mother's Day.  Found this information on Mother's Day on the net.  Wanted to make sure it was celebrated at the same time in Switzerland.  In the UK it is celebrated in March and is called Mothering Day.  Conicides with Lent.  Just a little knowledge drop that I thought was interesting. 
In Austria, Germany, and Switzerland Muttertag is observed on the second Sunday in May, just as in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Italy, Japan, and many other countries. During the First World War, Switzerland was one the first European countries to introduce Mother's Day (in 1917). Germany's first Muttertag observance took place in 1922, Austria's in 1926 (or 1924, depending on the source). Muttertag was first declared an official German holiday in 1933 (the second Sunday in May) and took on a special significance as part of the Nazi motherhood cult under the Hitler regime. There was even a medal—das Mutterkreuz—in bronze, silver, and gold (eight or more Kinder!), awarded to mothers who produced children for the Vaterland. (The medal had the popular nickname of "Karnickelorden," the "Order of the Rabbit.") After World War II the German holiday became a more unofficial one that took on the cards-and-flowers elements of the U.S. Mother's Day. In Germany, if Mother's Day happens to fall on Pfingstsonntag (Pentecost), the holiday is moved to the first Sunday in May. 
Happy Mother's Day I hope all the Mom's are surrounded by love and smothered in hugs and kisses on this very special day and all the days to follow.  Check the Lack of Creativity Thread for a special poem for all the moms on this their special day although I feel everyday should be Mother's Day.
Warmest regards as always,
Tonto


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So thats where mothers day came from, i just thought it was another Hallmark created holiday.

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Actually was created here in the US.
In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day International Association. [1][2]

"She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world."[1]

This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the law making official the holiday in the U.S., by the U.S. Congress on bills,[3][4] and by other U.S. presidents on their declarations.[5]

Common usage in English language also dictates that the ostensibly singular possessive "Mother's Day" is the preferred spelling, although "Mothers' Day" (plural possessive) is not unheard of.

Warmest regards as always,
Tonto


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