母親節的來歷

Sunday is Mother's Day in the U.S. and scores of countries around the world.

Mother's Day is a time to celebrate and appreciate all the work that women do.

According to the History Channel, Mother's Day became an official U.S. holiday in 1914, due to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, who saw the holiday as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers make for their children.

Jarvis had originally envisioned Mother's Day as a day of personal celebration

between mothers and families. However, when the day became an official holiday, it was not long before florists, card companies and other merchants pounced to capitalize on the day's popularity.

Jarvis was disgusted and disowned the holiday before her death in 1948. She had even lobbied the government to remove the holiday from the American calendar.

But Mother's Day persists. It is one of the most popular holidays and is one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending.這個星期天在美國和世界各地幾十個國家是母親節。母親節是慶祝並感謝所有女性所做的工作的節日。

據歷史頻道陳述，母親節於1914年成爲美國的正式節日。這是由於安娜·賈維斯的努力，她把這個節日看作紀念母親們爲其子女所做出的犧牲的一種方式。

賈維斯原本設想的母親節是母親和家庭之間個人慶祝的日子。然而，當這一天成爲法定假日時，沒多久花店、賀卡公司和其他商家就蜂擁而上，趁着這個備受人們青睞的節日大發其財。

賈維斯反對此很反感，並在1948年她去世前否認自己是這個節日的發起人。她甚至遊說政府從美國日曆中撤銷這個節日。但母親節仍然存在。它是最流行的節日之一，也是最大的消費節日之一。