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1、Mother'sDaySowhocameupwiththeideaofhonoringmothersnation-wideonthesecondSundayinMay?EARLYCELEBRATIONSSomehistoriansclaimthatthepredecessoroftheMother'sDayholidaywastheancientspringfestivaldedicatedtomothergoddesses.IntheancientGreekempirethespringfestivalhonoredRhe
2、a,wifeofCronusandmotherofthegodsandgoddesses.InRomethemostsignificantMother'sDay-likefestivalwasdedicatedtotheworshipofCybele,anothermothergoddess.Ceremoniesinherhonorbegansome250yearsbeforeChristwasborn.ThisRomanreligiouscelebration,knownasHilaria,lastedforthreeda
3、ys-fromMarch15to18!ENGLAND'SMOTHERINGSUNDAYMorelikethemoderncelebrationofMother'sDayisEngland's"MotheringSunday",alsocalledMid-LentSunday,observedonthefourthSundayinLent.SomesaytheceremoniesinhonorofCybelewereadoptedbytheearlychurchtoveneratetheMotherofChrist,Mary.
4、OthersbelievetheMotherChurchwassubstitutedformothergoddessandcustombegantodictatethatapersonvisitthechurchofhis/herbaptismonthisday.Peopleattendedthemotherchurchoftheirparish,ladenwithofferings.AlsoinEnglandinthe1600's,youngmenandwomenwhowereapprenticesorservantsre
5、turnedhomeonMotheringSunday,bringingtotheirmotherssmallgiftsliketrinketsora"motheringcake".Sometimesfurmetywasserved-wheatgrainsboiledinsweetmilk,sugaredandspiced.InnorthernEnglandandinScotland,thepreferredrefreshmentswerecarlings-pancakesmadeofsteepedpeasefriedinb
6、utter,withpepperandsalt.Infact,insomelocationsthisdaywascalledCarlingSunday.Anotherkindofmotheringcakewasthesimnelcake,averyrichfruitcake.TheLentenfastdictatedthatthesimnelcakehadtokeepuntilEaster.Itwasboiledinwater,thenbaked,andwasoftenfinishedwithanalmondicing.So
7、metimesthecrustwasofflourandwater,coloredwithsaffron.INTERESTSTARTSINTHEUNITEDSTATESAnnaM.Jarvis(1864-1948)iscreditedwithoriginatingourMother'sDayholiday.Shenevermarriedandwasextremelyattachedtohermother,Mrs.AnnaReeseJarvis.Mrs.Jarviswasaminister'sdaughterwhofor20y
8、earstaughtSundaySchoolintheAndrewsMethodistChurchofGrafton,WestVirginia.MissJarvisgraduatedfromtheFemaleSeminaryinWheeling,WestVirginia,andtaught
