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Mother's Day is a time of commemoration (纪念) and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayons scribbling "I Love You".

The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be dated1to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During2, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday". "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers of3. In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872by Julia Ward Howe. In 1907, Anna Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign (运动) to establish (建立) a 4Mother's Day. Ms Jarvis persuaded (说服) her mother's church in Grafton. West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary (周年纪念日) of her mother's5, the 2nd Sunday of May. And the next year Mother's Day 6in Philadelphia. Ms Jarvis and her supporters began to7officials, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful.8 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every9. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, announced Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held on the 2nd Sunday of May each year.

While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at10throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark. Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

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