When is Mother’s Day 2007?
When is Mother’s Day 2007?
Mother’s Day is recognized around the world as a day for celebrating motherhood and thanking mothers. The actual date of celebration varies by country.
When is Mother’s Day In the United States?
In the United States, Mother’s Day is held on the second Sunday of May.
Mother’s Day 2007 will be on May 13th.
When is Mother’s Day Around the World?
Mother’s Days fall on various days of the year in different countries because they have a number of different origins.
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship - which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus - was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor
| Second Sunday in February | Norway |
| March 8 | Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania |
| Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday) | Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
| March 21 (first day of spring) | Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan |
| First Sunday in May | Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, South Africa, Spain |
| May 8th | South Korea (Parents’ Day) |
| May 10 | much of South America, Bahrain, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
| Second Sunday in May | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States |
| May 26 | Poland |
| May 27 | Bolivia |
| Last Sunday in May | Sweden, Dominican Republic |
Tim - May 3rd, 2007 4:44 pm
Even though every day should be Mother’s Day in my humble opinion, May 13th is the day we choose to celebrate mothers around the world. Remember to send an ecard to all the special women in your life who are mothers. Even if you have something special planned for your own mother, an extra ecard will be sure to delight.
Here are some artistic, animated ecards for the occasion.
Best Mom
http://www.ojolie.com/index.php?step=preview&ec_id=19
Origami
http://www.ojolie.com/index.php?step=preview&ec_id=18