Mother’s Day Trivia

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 10^th! Here are a few things you might not have known about this special holiday…

1)    Mother’s Day is not always on the same date each year. It’s always the 2^nd Sunday of May.

2)    More calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. Around 122 million calls are made on this holiday.

3)    It’s the 3^rd highest selling holiday for flowers & plants. Only Christmas & Hanukkah are to beat. 1/4^th of all the flowers purchased throughout the year are bought for Mother’s Day.

4)    There are approximately 43.5 million moms in the U.S. These women are aged 15-50 & have collectively mothered 95.8 million children!

5)    The moniker ‘Mom’ comes from babies. The 1^st thing a baby vocalizes is the ‘ma’ sound, which is why the word for mother begins with ‘M’ or is some iteration of the ‘ma’ sound in almost every language.

Source: Town & Country Magazine

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices McMillen & Associates Realty wishes all our moms the Happiest of Mother’s Days…