Who came up with Mother's Day ?

[delirious]

Who came up with Mother's Day and why?

[4getmenot]

Got to be a mother for the presents

[PinkFizz]

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Gifts/Mothe rsDay.htm

[Octavius]

Clintons. Commercial endeavour.

[ermintrude35]

...Hallmark...

[YvonneM]

The correct name is Mothering Sundya
In Victorian times, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family

[pedantic]

The fourth Sunday of Lent is Mothering Sunday. Today is a day when children give presents, flowers and cards to their mothers but the history of Mothering Sunday has a much deeper origin. Most Sundays in the year churchgoers in England worshiped at their nearest parish or �daughter� church. Centuries ago, it was considered important for people to return to their home or �mother� church once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their �mother� church, or the main church or Cathedral of the area. Inevitably this became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home and those working as domestic servants or apprentices were given the day off to visit their mother and family. As they walked along the country lanes, children would pick wild flowers to take to church or give to their mother as a small gift.