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Originally Posted by Villages PL
On Mother's day the mother gets honered and appreciated with cards, gifts or dinner etc.. It's her special day. Likewise, on father's day it's the father who gets appreciated. It's his special day.
What happens on family day? Does everyone in the family exchange cards and gifts? Heck, that's Christmas and we don't need another Christmas!
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You're buying into the commercialization mindset, that has beset Mothers and Fathers Day.....from the beginning.
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The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in Grafton, West Virginia.
She then began a campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday in the United States.
Although she was successful in 1914, she was already disappointed with its commercialization by the 1920s.
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Why can't it be about doing kind acts, thinking of others first, appreciating family (warts and all)...and just spending quality time together?
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