Mother’s Day

TOAST TO THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE: A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, A WIFE, A SPECIAL WAY TO SHOW YOUR LOVE IS WITH CHAMPAGNE. A WAY TO MAKE THEM FEEL SPECIAL AND HONOUR THEM ON THEIR DAY: MOTHER’S DAY.

WORDS RACHEL STEVENSON

MOTHER’S DAY FIRST BEGAN TO BE celebrated in 1908 by Anna Jarvis, an American who held a memorial for her late mother in West Virginia, America at St Andrew’s Methodist Church. The church now holds the International Mother’s Day Shrine.

After her initial celebration, Jarvis campaigned to make ‘Mother’s Day’ a recognised holiday in America and by 1911 all states both recognised and celebrated the occasion. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, officially proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday to honour all mothers in America.

By the early 1920s, Hallmark and other major companies had started to sell Mother’s Day cards and merchandise and today the holiday has been adopted worldwide, with countries across the globe celebrating the day on various dates.

Whether you buy flowers, send a card or gift or call your mother on this special day, elevate the celebration with the addition of a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé: a beautiful way to show your love to your mother. ❧