Top Hacks on Mother's Day

Getting some tips and show your real love to Mum is the best way!

50 Mother's Day Facts

The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honour of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.

2 The Romans called their version of the event the Hilaria, and celebrated on the Ides of March by making offerings in the temple of Cybele, the Mother of the Gods. Ceremonies in her honour began some 250 years before Christ was born.

3 God could not be everywhere, so he made mothers – Jewish proverb.

4 During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday", celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent.

5 Mothering Sunday was a time put aside for relaxation and enjoyment during the long Lenten fast. In olden days, young servant girls who worked away from home were given time off by their masters to visit their mothers on this special day and they would bake a simnel cake to present as a gift.

6 In an age when children as young as ten left home to take up work or apprenticeships elsewhere, this was often the only day in the whole year when families would be reunited. By the 17th century, it had become a public holiday, when servants and apprentices were given the day off so that they could fulfil their duties to the Church.

7 "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life" - Abraham Lincoln

8 Another explanation states that centuries ago it was considered important for people to return to their home or "mother" church once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their "mother" church, or the main church or Cathedral of the area.

9 Another popular ceremony on this day was church-clipping (meaning to clasp or tightly grip the church), when people would express their love for their house of worship by forming a circle and walking round the building holding hands. It has been suggested that this custom was pagan in origin but it seems more likely it was a symbolic act of friendship and love.

10 Eventually, the return to the "mother" church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home.

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Great Tips from BHF

Mum's the word
Start the day as you mean to go on
Time for Mum to put her feet up
Family fun
Say it with flowers
A weighty issue
Get cooking!
Eating out?

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Great Mother's Day

A promotional feel but still great idea!

Combine a floral gift with a keepsake gift.
taking Mom out to eat, give your local florist a set of silverware and a napkin.
take a special framed family photo.
choose a new dress or hat for Mom.
sending a good book with a note that reads "Mother's Day is your day to relax!" Then, follow it up with flowers.
a special spa kit. .
Personalize a floral gift around a theme or hobby.
Add a note to each flower and hide them around the house with your children.
Send flowers with a note telling Mom she's getting a kitchen break.
Breakfast in bed is a treat that every Mom loves.
write Mom a note telling her why you're thankful for her and attach it to a long stemmed rose.
flowers with a "coupon" for a chore or project that you promise to do.
small gifts throughout the week.
three, six or twelves months of flowers.

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