The celebration of Mother’s Day can be traced to the times of ancient Greece when tribute was paid to "Rhea", the Mother of the Gods. The next recorded tribute to Mother’s was during the 17a century when England celebrated "Mothering Sunday" on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In America,...
The U.K. celebrates Mother's Day in March and Mexico recognizes the holiday on May 10 this year. Thailand observes the holiday on August 12, which also happens to be the birthday of Queen Sirikit. Why do we celebrate Mother's Day? The celebration dates back to the late 1800s and is ...
Mother’s Day 2025: When is Mother’s Day This Year? Fourth of July 2025: Celebrate with History, Traditions, and Recipes The official flower is the forget-me-not. The official song is Johnny Prill’s “A Song for Grandma and Grandpa.” When is Grandparents Day? Grandparents Day is cele...
“The mountains are calling and I must go”— the famous quote is from John Muir(1838-1914), who is described as“the wilderness poet”and“the citizen of the universe.”He once jokingly referred to himself as a“poet-geologist-botanist a...
Four years later, the first celebration took place on October 7, Cervantes’ birthday. In 1930, it was moved to April 23, the date of his death. Every year since 2001, one city around the world is chosen to be the UNESCO World Book Capital for a year. The task of the city is to...
It’s a nice winter day. The sun is shining brightly in the s1. The trees and flowers are covered with snow just like w2a silver coat. Everyone is happy b3the Christmas season is coming in December, the twelfth month of the year. They can’t wait to go out to the street. They lo...
While helping her mother with Christmas celebration, Maria is tempted to try on her mother’s diamond ring. After getting caught up in the joy of the holiday and playing with her cousins, Maria realizes the ring ...
aAccording to the Bible, the holy book of Christians, God decided to allow his only son, Jesus Christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "-...
English is such a hodgepodge of different languages – it’s essentially Germanic but a lot of its vocabulary comes from French, and technical words stem from Latin and Greek. This feature makes English fairly adaptable – which is a good thing for a world language – but it causes ...
aAccording to the Bible, the holy book of Christians, God decided to allow his only son, Jesus Christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "-...