MOTHER’S DAY 2020. If the date of Mother’s Day is postponed this year, personalized gifts and messages of “happy mother’s day” are still valid. Discover our ideas, and the history of this day.
[Mis à jour le 3 juin 2020 à 9h54] The date of Mother’s Day 2020 in France does not fall in May … We will have to wait until this year the first Sunday in June, the 7th, to hear the “Happy Mother’s Day” ringing, instead of the last Sunday in May, as usual. In question, Pentecost, mobile date always taking place on a Sunday, and this year come to take the weekend of Mother’s Day! The religious date takes place on the seventh Sunday after Easter. The day of the mothers was, in fact, postponed to the Sunday after, and thereby, to the month after.
Still hesitating about the gifts or the messages that you are going to concoct to spoil your mother this year? Find below our gift ideas, but also inspirations for messages, poems, images or quotes that give pride to the imagination. Without forgetting the origin of Mother’s Day, whose history dates back to 1906 …
Every last Sunday in May presents the date of Mother’s Day. Not to be confused with that of the fathers Day, every third Sunday in June; neither with that of the grandmothers day, every first Sunday of March. An exception is that if the Pentecost falls on the last Sunday in May, as is the case in 2020, the date of Mother’s Day is postponed to the following Sunday.
The second Sunday in May, which creates confusion every year in the minds of many French people (who then fear having left Mother’s Day behind!) Rhymes with Mother’s Day in many countries, such as Belgium , Switzerland, Spain or even the United States.
The date of Mother’s Day 2020 is scheduled for Sunday June 7. A postponement of one week compared to its usual date (the last Sunday of May), due to the date of Pentecost, which “falls” on May 31 and has priority! The “mothers day” 2020 also takes place just two weeks before Father’s Day, scheduled for June 21…
Every last Sunday in May, we are used to celebrating Mother’s Day. But do we really know where this tradition comes from? As L’Express reports, It was in 1906 that Mother’s Day was born when the village of Artas (Isère) organized a ceremony in honor of mothers from large families. Two mothers of nine children are then awarded the High Maternal Merit award. The village continues today to claim the creation of Mother’s Day in France. In 1918, after the First World War, Lyon followed the movement born in the United States and paid homage to the mothers and wives who lost their sons and / or husband. This Mother’s Day will be formalized by the government in 1929. In 1942, Marshal Pétain gave a more solemn tone to the event, in particular in a message on the radio: “Only you know how to give everyone this taste for work, what sense of discipline, modesty, respect that make healthy people and strong people. You are the inspirers of our Christian civilization. ” Rather than celebrating mothers, the goal is to boost the birth rate in France.
But the tradition of Mother’s Day actually goes back to the dawn of time, or almost! The Greeks already already celebrated mothers in their own way, by worshiping Rhea, the mother of Zeus, at the time of spring. A Mother’s Day in a way, since they also celebrated fertility. Among Christians too, this symbol has long persisted. Each year, at the time of the fourth Sunday of Lent, the believers went to pray in the “mother” church, the most important in their region. The aim was to celebrate in particular a passage from a Gregorian chant, the introit, which evokes breast milk.
If the love shown to mothers is shown all year round, Mother’s Day is an opportunity to offer them a nice gift. And there is no shortage of ideas for presents, from the most classic (flowers, jewelry, chocolates, etc.) to the most personalized (personal writing, personalized object, travel, etc.). “Children” of all ages are also involved in finding a gift for their mother, from the youngest to the oldest. In the top 5 gifts offered on Mother’s Day, we find, in order: flowers, perfume, chocolates, jewelry and finally gift boxes.
Here are the top 10 gifts mothers would like to receive, according to a 2017 Toluna / LSA survey:
- 1 / Perfumes, cosmetics (36%)
- 2 / Flowers, plants (32%)
- 3 / Restaurant (25%)
- 4 / Jewel, watch (23%)
- 5 / Store gift certificates (21%)
- 6 / Books, movies, music (19%)
- 7 / Clothes, shoes (19%)
- 8 / Confectionery, chocolate (18%)
- 9 / Travel (17%)
- 10 / Drawing, poem, object made by my child (16%)
For those who celebrate Mother’s Day, before even offering the gift, there is the immutable tradition of “Happy Birthday Mom“. Short or poetic version, modern or childish, consult our dedicated page for examples of “Happy Mother’s Day” messages that will allow you to find inspiration, but also poems all found to say “I love you” to his mother! Finally, we offer you beautiful quotes about moms, to swipe in a card or an SMS. Good writing!
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