26 May we celebrate Mother’s Day in Poland. Google has decided to celebrate this day, creating a special animated doodle. Mother’s Day is an expression of respect, love and gratitude for efforts in education. On this day we usually receive flowers, greeting cards and small gifts.
Mother’s Day in Poland
Poles for the first time celebrated Mother’s Day in 1914 in Krakow. Since that event, every year on May 26, the whole of Poland celebrates Mother’s Day. But not everywhere May 26 is the date to celebrate Mother’s Day. Each country celebrating this festival chooses a date.
Mother’s Day is celebrated in more than 90 countries around the world, but at different times. In Norway, it is celebrated in February. In turn, the fourth Sunday of Lent is celebrated in Ireland and the UK, and Indonesia – 22 December. The most common countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. The countries that celebrate it the day are: Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Malta, the United States, Hong Kong, India, Switzerland and Italy.
The festival presents interesting history in the United States. In 1858, an American teacher Anna Reeves Jarvis announced the Mothers’ Work Days, and since 1872 has promoted the idea of Mother’s Day Julia Ward Howe, author of travel books. Mother’s Day was established in 1905 on the initiative of Anna Jarvis. In 1914, the US Congress passed the day a national holiday, which falls on the second Sunday of May.
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