Fast facts on Mother’s Day:
Mother’s Day is the third-largest card-sending occasion of the year, after Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Mother’s Day in North America is always on the second Sunday of May. This year it falls on may 13th.
Over 9 million Mother’s Day cards will be given this year.
Mother’s Day became an official day of celebration in 1914. Hallmark has been producing cards for this holiday since the early 1920s.
“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible”
– Marion C. Garretty
