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While my mother passed on in 2001, I'm still interested in traditions and perhaps foods served at this particular Sunday in May.
I suspect it is not celebrated world-wide, but I'm not sure. Here in the USA it is sometimes called one of the "Hallmark Holidays" - as the Hallmark greeting card company made it semi-mandatory to send out cards for certain "new" holidays. Or to at least do something to celebrate.
Frequently, moms would be given breakfast in bed, or would be taken out to lunch somewhere. Here in the US, anyway.
While I lived at home, Dad would make her breakfast in bed (he likely continued to do so after we all left home). He didn't take her out to lunch, however (and nor did we). The thing is, with holidays like "Mother's Day" and "Valentines Day" and New Years Eve", restaurants know they're going to be overcrowded, and dummy down their menu selections and charge more. And the scene would get hectic fast. More into pushing people through, than into real service. Neither Mom nor Dad would be comfortable in such an environment. (If we did Mother's Day at a restaurant, you can be certain it was never on the ACTUAL date!)
Mother wasn't much of a breakfast eater. While she did get breakfast in bed, it was usually tea or coffee (black). Some years, buttered toast with some fruit like strawberries and/or melon.
Dad loved to cook - he'd make sure lunch and dinner were something she really loved. Whatever that would be, likely different every year.
We'd give her small gifts. When we were really young, Dad would buy the gifts and put our name on them.
When I was off at college, of course there were phone calls I made to her. When we were young, we skipped the Hallmark thing all together, and made our own cards with construction paper, pens and crayons. Usually they'd be several pages long with badly drawn cartoon figures and humorous vignettes.
I suspect it is not celebrated world-wide, but I'm not sure. Here in the USA it is sometimes called one of the "Hallmark Holidays" - as the Hallmark greeting card company made it semi-mandatory to send out cards for certain "new" holidays. Or to at least do something to celebrate.
Frequently, moms would be given breakfast in bed, or would be taken out to lunch somewhere. Here in the US, anyway.
While I lived at home, Dad would make her breakfast in bed (he likely continued to do so after we all left home). He didn't take her out to lunch, however (and nor did we). The thing is, with holidays like "Mother's Day" and "Valentines Day" and New Years Eve", restaurants know they're going to be overcrowded, and dummy down their menu selections and charge more. And the scene would get hectic fast. More into pushing people through, than into real service. Neither Mom nor Dad would be comfortable in such an environment. (If we did Mother's Day at a restaurant, you can be certain it was never on the ACTUAL date!)
Mother wasn't much of a breakfast eater. While she did get breakfast in bed, it was usually tea or coffee (black). Some years, buttered toast with some fruit like strawberries and/or melon.
Dad loved to cook - he'd make sure lunch and dinner were something she really loved. Whatever that would be, likely different every year.
We'd give her small gifts. When we were really young, Dad would buy the gifts and put our name on them.
When I was off at college, of course there were phone calls I made to her. When we were young, we skipped the Hallmark thing all together, and made our own cards with construction paper, pens and crayons. Usually they'd be several pages long with badly drawn cartoon figures and humorous vignettes.
