11 Things You Didn't Know About Mother's Day With Mother’s Day

just around the corner, we’ve rounded up 11 fun facts about the holiday:

隨著母親節即將到來，我們網羅到11項跟這個節日少為人提的事：

Making an effort to recognize mothers dates all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals celebrating the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele.

古希臘及古羅馬人會慶祝母神蕾雅及西柏蕾，

The modern iteration of Mother’s Day got its start in 1908, thanks to a woman named Anna Jarvis. When her mother passed away, Jarvis held a memorial for her and came up with the idea of Mother’s Day, a way for people to honor their own mothers.

1908年因安娜賈維絲而開始的，她母親去世時即有母親日之想法。

Jarvis was inspired by a Sunday School lesson on mothers in the Bible that her mother gave years prior. Jarvis remembered her mother saying, “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day.”

賈維絲的想法來自她媽媽在教主日學時，上到聖經裹的母親人物。她記得媽媽說過：“我希望有一天有人會建立一個紀念母親的日子。

” Mother’s Day became an official national holiday in 1914, but by the 1920s, Jarvis wanted the decision reversed. She was disgusted with the commercialization of the holiday and the profit florists and greeting card companies were making on a holiday that she envisioned as a celebration of time spent between mother and child. Jarvis spent the rest of her life unsuccessfully lobbying the government to remove it from the calendar of federal holidays.

1914年母親節成為國定假日，但在1920年代，賈維絲希望這個決策能被駁回。她對於這個節日原意是母親與孩子花時間慶祝的時光，卻轉變為商業化，及花店與卡片公司的受惠頗為反感，賈維絲的餘生都在遊說政府將這個節日從日曆上除掉，但未獲成功。

It’s hard to blame Jarvis for being disappointed with the commercialization of the holiday. Retailers report that Mother’s Day is second to Christmas as the highest gift-giving holiday of the year.

這也不能怪賈維絲對這個節日的商業化失望。根據零售商的報告，母親節是一年中僅次於聖誔節的高送禮節日。

Hallmark estimates that 96 percent of American consumers take part in Mother’s Day in some way. Hallmark估計有96﹪的美國消費者會在母親節有所表示。

The National Retail Federation estimates Mother’s Day spending will rise 11 percent from last year, averaging $168.94.

國家零售聯盟估計去年母親節的消費上升11﹪，平均美元168.94

Getting Mom flowers on Sunday? So are plenty of others—in fact, Mother’s Day flowers make up an entire quarter of annual sales for the $34 billion floral industry. (Read about why organic flowers are best!)

星期天送媽媽花嗎？ 其他種花可選擇 ﹣﹣事實上，母親節的花是每年花卉業340億銷售額的1／4。

Carnations are the unofficial flower of Mother’s Day (Jarvis had delivered hundreds of them at the first celebration—carnations were her mother’s favorite). Traditionally, colorful carnations honor living mothers, while wearing a white carnation honors a deceased mother.

康乃馨並不是母親節公定的花（賈維絲在第一次紀念日時，即送出好幾百朵﹣﹣康乃馨是她母親的最愛）傳統上，鮮色的康乃馨尊崇還在世的母親，而配戴白色康乃馨則在紀念去世的母親。

A phone call to Mom goes a long way…in fact, it’s believed that Mother’s Day is the peak day of the year for long distance calls.

母親節打電話給媽媽由來已久，這天也是一年中長途電話撥打的高峰。

Over 140 countries celebrate Mother’s Day…and some even do it twice. Mongolia celebrates on March 8th for International Mother’s Day (known as International Women’s Day in other countries), and on June 1st for Mothers and Children’s Day.

有140個國家有母親節。。。有些國家甚至一年有兩次。蒙古的母親節有國際的3月8日及6月1日的母子日。

resource: Care2.com