Mother's Day Trivia Questions

Valentine's Day still holds the top spot for flower sales; Mother's Day is second, though it leads in other categories like greeting cards.

Mother's Day consistently sees the highest volume of phone calls, surpassing even Christmas and New Year's, as people call their mothers.

While ancient Greeks had a festival for Rhea, it had no direct link to Mother's Day, which evolved from Christian 'Mothering Sunday' and Jarvis's campaign.

Julia Ward Howe proposed a 'Mother's Day for Peace' in 1870, urging mothers to oppose war, long before the modern commercial holiday emerged.

Jarvis grew disgusted by the commercialization of Mother's Day and actively campaigned against it, even being arrested for protesting.

Wilson issued a proclamation declaring the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, but it was never made an official federal holiday with paid leave.

Anna Jarvis designated the carnation as the official flower, but red and white roses became the more popular symbol in the US over time.

Hallmark was founded in 1910, but the first Mother's Day cards were sold by a different company around 1915, after the holiday's recognition.