{"id":4880,"date":"2021-05-07T07:10:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2021-05-07T07:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:10:56","slug":"fun-facts-about-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/fun-facts-about-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun facts about Mother&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AMBASSADOR-7-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello! Let me remind you something. Mother&#8217;s Day is on this coming Sunday, 9th May 2021! Start to prepare something and give it to your mother as a surprise! Below are some fun facts about Mother&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Mother&#8217;s Day isn&#8217;t always on the same date each year.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know that we don&#8217;t have a fixed date for Mothers&#8217; Day? The holiday is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May. Today Mother&#8217;s Day is celebrated in almost 50 countries around the world. However, it is celebrated on different days in the month of May; and in some countries at entirely different times of the year. In today&#8217;s world Mothers Day has come to be internationally recognized as the day to honour all mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In France, Mother&#8217;s Day is referred to as Fete des Meres. Mother&#8217;s Day is celebrated on the last Sunday in May and is treated more like a family birthday. Families gather\u00a0for a special meal.<br><\/li><li>In Spain, Mother&#8217;s Day is celebrated on the 8th of December. It is closely associated with Mother Mary &#8211; the mother of Jesus.<br><\/li><li>In Sweden, Mother&#8217;s Day is on the last Sunday in May and is a family holiday. The Swedish Red Cross sells small plastic flowers on the days leading up to Mother&#8217;s Day and the money raised is used to help needy mothers and their children.<br><\/li><li>In Yugoslavia on &#8220;Materitse,&#8221; &#8220;Materice,&#8221; or Mother&#8217;s Day, the children tie up their mother, releasing her only when she has paid them to do so\u00a0 with sweets or other goodies.<br><\/li><li>In India, Mother&#8217;s Day is celebrated nationally on 19 August.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growerdirect.com\/mothers-day-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ptmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mothers-Day-Gift-Ideas.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Mother&#8217;s Day is the third highest selling holiday for flowers and plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, first and foremost who does not enjoy receiving flowers? Flowers have traditionally been a way of conveying feelings and letting the recipient know how important a role they play in the senders life. When it comes to playing an important role in an individuals life, it&#8217;s hard to top Mom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Christmas and Hanukkah, more people buy flowers and plants for their moms on Mother&#8217;s Day than any other holiday. Around approximately one quarter of all the flowers purchased throughout the year are bought for Mother&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Mother\u2019s Day is the biggest flower buying day of the year in Britain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for a present for Mum? Flowers are usually one of the first things that spring to mind. It\u2019s little wonder then, that flower sales are up around 70% on Mother\u2019s Day, compared with most other days of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Creator of Mother&#8217;s Day had no child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/nie-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/gall_content\/2017\/5\/2017_5$largeimg12_May_2017_163523010.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The creator of Mothers&#8217; Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother&#8217;s Day never had children herself. However, her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, had 13 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the States, Mother\u2019s Day was first celebrated in 1907, thanks to Jarvis. Ironically, she later went on to protest the holiday, criticizing how overly commercialized it had become. Still, it\u2019s nice to treat Mum once in a while and remind her that she is loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Carnations are the flowers typically associated with Mother\u2019s Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/47\/1d\/ea\/471deaddaddc7c4e0fcc51e1006afa6c.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Light red carnations represent admiration, while dark red denote deep love and affection.<\/li><li>White carnations represent pure love and good luck, while striped (variegated) carnations symbolise regret that a love cannot be shared.<\/li><li>Purple carnations indicate capriciousness<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For your information, the carnation is the&nbsp;national flower&nbsp;of&nbsp;Spain,&nbsp;Monaco, and&nbsp;Slovenia, and the provincial flower of the autonomous community of the&nbsp;Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carnations are often worn on special occasions, especially&nbsp;Mother&#8217;s Day&nbsp;and weddings. In 1907,&nbsp;Anna Jarvis&nbsp;chose a carnation as the emblem of Mother&#8217;s Day because it was her mother&#8217;s favourite flower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ann Jarvis chose the white carnation because she wanted to represent the purity of a mother&#8217;s love.&nbsp;This meaning has evolved over time, and now a red carnation may be worn if one&#8217;s mother is alive, and a white one if she has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. In the UK, around thirty million cards are sent on Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Postbox.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>30 million! An unfathomable amount! That is a lot of work for the good post men and women of the UK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Some countries still observe ancient festivals honoring mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/indian-hindu-devotees-pay-their-respects-in-the-front-of-an-news-photo-1585332241.jpg?crop=1xw:0.99971xh;center,top&amp;resize=980:*\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In India, people celebrate Durga-puja, a festival that pays homage to the mother goddess, Durga. The festival is a ten-day event that takes place around September or October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FireShot-Capture-187-durga-puja-Google-Search-www.google.com_-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FireShot-Capture-187-durga-puja-Google-Search-www.google.com_-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FireShot-Capture-187-durga-puja-Google-Search-www.google.com_-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FireShot-Capture-187-durga-puja-Google-Search-www.google.com_-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FireShot-Capture-187-durga-puja-Google-Search-www.google.com_.png 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know more about this ten day event, read <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/india\/articles\/the-history-of-the-durga-puja-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Traditionally, the food most associated with Mothering Sunday is Simnel Cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/loveincorporated.blob.core.windows.net\/contentimages\/main\/da0e4c60-ac42-4003-aa6f-5cd68e0ab5ac-simnelcakelead.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Simnel-Cake.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The name simnel probably comes from the ancient Roman word simila, meaning fine flour. Around the 17th century, fancy simnel cakes came to be associated with springtime \u2013 they turn up in Mothering Sunday celebrations, Easter or the &#8216;day off&#8217; from the religious fast of Lent known as Refreshment Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know why does Simnel Cake has 11 balls? Simnel cake&nbsp;has been eaten since medieval times as both a rich, sweet treat and a symbolic ritual. The fruit&nbsp;cake&nbsp;is topped with&nbsp;eleven&nbsp;marzipan&nbsp;balls&nbsp;to represent the&nbsp;eleven&nbsp;apostles of Christ, minus Judas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/mothers-day-quotes-cardinal-mermillod-1557242047.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mother is the one who is probably endowed with all the power. No creature in this Universe can be as powerful as a mother!! She can manage and control everything in any situation. In other words, God has given her the power to take up all the affairs of the world. Celebrating Mother\u2019s day for a day is not enough to thank every single mother in this world. No one can replace her at any cost. Everyone should shower lots of love and care to her for their sacrifices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the success and growth of the child, there is a mother who stayed awake day and night to bring his\/her dreams to reality. For the day a child is born, the work of the mother starts. Right from teaching to walk, eat, speak, and write she is always there for you. By giving up self dreams, a mother spends her life to fulfil the dreams of others. She adds colours and melody to the life of a child as well as family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But today, many kids take the love and care of the mothers for granted. They don\u2019t give due respect and show gratitude for all the sacrifices their mother has done in her life. This kind of behavior is totally wrong.  We should never take things for granted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this, I would like to take an opportunity to thank my mother for everything she has ever done for me. Thank you for taking care of me and I love you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-07-at-12.04.03-PM-818x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-07-at-12.04.03-PM-818x1024.jpeg 818w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-07-at-12.04.03-PM-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-07-at-12.04.03-PM-768x961.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-07-at-12.04.03-PM.jpeg 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! 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