Top Pick Mother's Day Gifts
Flowers
Among the 36 surveyed states, California was the leading provider of cut flowers in 2004, accounting for more than two-thirds of the domestic flower production ($304 million out of $422 million) in those states. Meanwhile, the value of U.S. imports of cut flowers and fresh flower buds in 2005 from Colombia, the leading foreign supplier to the United States, was more than $418 million.
Order flowers online: ProFlowers, Flower Megashop
Jewelry
28,527 Number of jewelry stores in the United States. For convenient and great selections, go to online store to go to purchase necklaces, earrings and other timeless pieces for mom.
Jewelry online: Ross-Simons, Limoges Jewelry, Mondera
Spa & Beauty
11,938, The number of cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores nationwide in 2003. Perfume is one of the top gifts given on Mother’s Day.
Skincare & Perfume online: Skincare Select, SpaLook, FragranceNet
Outdoor and Garden
Add a special touch to mom's garden with unique selection of garden accents & patio furniture. Show Mom your appreciation with a gift that will keep on giving all year long. Say thank you for all of her hard work and devotion with something that will be a perpetual reminder of your love and gratitude.
Garden, Seeds & Plants online: Gardeners, Gurney's, Nursery Hills
Home & Cooking
Mom is a kitchen magician - find some nice products to make her cooking time even more enjoyable. For the entertaining mom, get her some of the fine china and tableware, just choose mom's favorite color and patterns.
Kitchenware and Tableware online: Absolute Home, The Home Marketplace
Today, millions of Americans observe Mother's Day in some way.
They buy more than one-hundred-fifty million Mother's Day
greeting cards. Companies produce more than one-thousand
different kinds. Most of the cards show pictures of flowers or
hearts or other things that people feel are linked to being a
mother. They have messages that express a person's love and
thanks for his or her mother. Some are humorous. And some have
no words -- people can express their own feelings for their
mother.
Americans spend millions of dollars to buy Mother's Day gifts.
Clothes, sweet-smelling perfume, and jewelry are popular traditional gifts. Candy also is very popular. But
Mother's Day gifts can be imaginative, too. Many mothers like to
receive books or sports equipment or tickets to the theater.
Many people give flowers for Mother's Day. It is one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry. Even Americans who live far away from their mothers can send flowers.
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Mother's Day Activities
Families will get together for a meal at a local eating
place. This means that mothers do not have to cook on their
special day. Going out to dinner has become a tradition on
Mother's Day. More than thirty-percent of Americans do it.
As a result, restaurants are extremely crowded that day. It has
become one of the busiest days of the year for the restaurant
industry in the United States.
Some families get together to honor all members who are mothers:
grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and cousins. Many people who
cannot spend the day with their mother call them on the
telephone. Mother's Day is one of the busiest days of the year
for America's telephone companies. More than
one-hundred-twenty-five million sons and daughters will telephone
their mother on Sunday.
The day is an important time for family gatherings.
One family activity on Mother's Day is to have the children cook
the early morning meal. Then they serve the food to their mother
while she is still in bed. Or they might clean the house so she
does not have to do it. Fathers might take care of the children
that day so the mother can rest or take a walk or read a book.
Many mothers feel that this free time on their special day is a
very good Mother's Day gift.
Mother's Day is a time for young children to do special things
for their mother. Some will make a special gift or draw a
special picture. Maybe they will play this special song on the
piano. It is called "My Dear Little Mother." It was written by
Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky in the
Eighteen-Hundreds. The music shows how he felt about his mother.
Here, it is performed by Carol Rosenberger.
Facts
- How Many Mothers - 80.5 million - Estimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States.
- How Many Children - 2.0 Average number of children that women today can expect to have in their lifetime.
- More Than 152 million - The estimated number of Mother's Day cards given last year in the United States, making Mother’s Day the third-largest card sending occasion. Months ahead of this widely observed day of recognition, many of the 14,318 employees of the 114 greeting-card publishing establishments in 2003 will be busy creating Mother’s Day greeting cards.
source: U.S. Census Bureau's Facts for Features
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