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Next day delivery available International delivery Mother's Day Around the World
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International Mother's Day 2008
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International Mother's Day 2008 Around the World |
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10th February 2008 |
Norway |
2nd March 2008 |
Gibraltar, Rep. of Ireland, United Kingdom |
3rd March 2008 |
Georgia |
8th March 2008 |
Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Vietnam. |
21st March 2008 |
Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
7th April 2008 |
Armenia |
4th May 2008 |
Angola, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Hungary, Lithuania, Madeira, Portugal, Spain |
8th May 2008 |
Korea, Albania |
10th May 2008 |
El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore |
11th May 2008 |
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus, Czech. Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Leichtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norfolk Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sardinia, Sicily, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, St Croix, St John, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Martin, St Thomas, St Vincent, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad, Turkey, Uruguay, United States of America USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe |
25th May 2008 |
Corsica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, French Polynesia, France, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, St Pierre / Miquelon, Senegal, Sweden |
26th May 2008 |
Bolivia, Poland |
30th May 2008 |
Nicaragua |
8th June 2008 |
Luxembourg |
12th August 2008 |
Thailand |
19th October 2008 |
Argentina, Paraguay |
28th November 2008 |
Russia |
8th December 2008 |
Panama |
16th December 2008 |
Iran |
The History of Mothering Sunday & Mother's Day Traditions Around the World The earliest Mother’s Day celebrations are thought to originate in ancient Greece to honour Rhea, mother of the gods. In Rome, celebrations to honour the mother of their gods, Cybele lasted 3 days. Christianity is thought to have adopted these special celebrations, substituting Mary, Mother of God and later the Mother Church as the focus. It became Christian custom that everyone attended the mother church of their parish on this day. In the UK, the beginnings of the Mother’s Day celebrations as we know them began in the Middle Ages. Overtime, Mothering Sunday as it was called then, was celebrated to honour your own mother on the 4th Sunday in Lent (3 weeks before Easter). The origin of giving flowers on this day is thought to stem from the custom of servants given the day off to return home to celebrate, were often allowed to pick flowers from their master’s land to take home to their mothers. Across the world Mothers have a special day. In Europe most countries honour their mothers on the second Sunday in May as do the Americans. May 10th is the day dedicated to mothers in many Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Mother’s Day is the biggest flower selling occasion in the UK despite all the competition from other products. 35% of all adults buy flowers for their mothers (or for their children to give to their mothers) at this time. Last year favourite flowers for Mothers Day included roses – still the favourite flower of UK women according to the Flower and Plants Association - summer flowers, carnations and chrysanthemums. Mixed bouquets were also popular. Information supplied courtesy of the Flower Council of Holland. |
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