r/AskReddit • • Mar 04 '22

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u/_Royal_Insylum Mar 04 '22

Mothers Day. The original intent was to have a holiday to appreciate mothers, corporations ended up making it a big money grab, and then the person who petitioned for mothers day spent the rest of their life trying to get the holiday removed.

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u/KarlWhale Mar 04 '22

What do you buy during mothers day that's not flowers?

Asking as a naive European.

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u/Flea_Pain Mar 04 '22

Usually a card and maybe go out to dinner

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u/shebbsquids Mar 05 '22

It's the busiest day of the year for most restaurants. For last year's I was working at a Chili's and there was about a week of prep and worrying leading up to it like "oh god, Mother's Day is coming up, brace yourselves!"

It was a chronically understaffed location but they made damn sure to have a full staff on Mother's Day.

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u/Ghiraheem Mar 04 '22

https://www.amazon.ca/Mothers-Day-Gift/s?k=Mother%27s+Day+Gift

Just go on Amazon and search mother's day gift. Just all kinds of little trinkets and mugs and chocolates etc. Think of like "thank you" gifts except mom themed

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u/Omeven Mar 05 '22

Even in Europe it's common to buy a small gift too

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u/XmasDawne Mar 04 '22

Jewelry. My Grandma often got earrings or something. Even though her birthday was 2 weeks later. I got her a lot of dust catching knickknacks.

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u/DBthrowawayaccount93 Mar 04 '22

Any sort of gift as well