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friend.

Welcome back to part two of my Chilling Mother's Day Collaboration Special.

Before we embark on our journey again, I want to take a moment to reflect on the origins of this holiday.

To truly understand the history of Mother's Day,

we must go back thousands of years to the ancient world.

The earliest known celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the annual

spring festival in ancient Greece, honoring Rhea the mother of gods. But it wasn't just the Greeks. The Romans also had a festival

called Matronalia, where husbands and children would shower their wives and mothers with gifts

and flowers.

This tradition carried on for centuries in various forms, eventually influencing a Christian holiday known as Mothering Sunday.

Mothering Sunday was celebrated in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom on the fourth Sunday of

Lent. This was a time when people would return to their mother church, the church where

they were baptized and grew up attending.

Families would reunite and children would often bring gifts such as flowers or small

tokens for their mothers.

But what about modern Mother's Day?

For that, we must turn to the early 20th century.

In the efforts of a woman named Anna Jarvis.

Anna Jarvis was the daughter of Anne Reeves Jarvis, a social activist and community organizer who worked hard to improve the lives of women and families.

After her mother's death in 1905, Anna sought to create a day that would honor the sacrifices Mother's made for their children.

In 1908, Anna held the first Mother's Day celebration at a Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia.

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