Today (May 13) is Mother’s Day; a day to show appreciation to any maternal figure in your life for everything they do for you.
Here are 5 interesting facts about Mother’s Day:
1. Many countries, including South Africa, celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May. This year, it falls today, so do everything you can to pamper your mom.
2. The most popular gifts on Mother’s Day are flowers, jewellery and taking mothers out for a meal.
3. Anna Jarvis started the tradition of wearing a carnation on Mother’s Day. A coloured carnation means that an individual’s mother is still living, while a white one means your mother is deceased.
4. In many languages across the world, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M.
5. The first Mother’s Day is believed to have been celebrated in 1908 in the American states of West Virginia and Philadelphia.
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