Mother’s Day has been celebrated around the world since ancient times, sometimes as part of a religious event, more and more as a commercial holiday, but always to honor motherhood and mothers, their roles in our families and society. However, the celebration of this holiday falls on various dates in many parts of the world. In most cultures it is held sometime in spring, mostly on the second Sunday in the month of May.

In Hungary Mother’s Day falls on the first Sunday of May. It has been a holiday since 1925 when it was first celebrated by the Hungarian Red Cross Youth in connection with the Catholic traditions honoring the Virgin Mary. Three years later it was made an official school holiday.

Some say the tradition of Mother’s Day can be traced back to Ancient Greece, the spring festivals dedicated to Cybele, mother goddess of fertility and Rhea, mother of gods, and later to the Romans’ Hilaria festival. The Hindu religion also preceded the Western-type holiday by a couple of centuries with its “Mother Pilgrimage fortnight” celebration. It has also been present as the religious Mothering Sunday celebration in the United Kingdom since the 17th century. However, its modern-day, capitalist version originated from America.

There could be some debate about who actually started the Mother’s Day tradition in the US. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe created a special day for mothers through a protest for peace in Boston, remembering all mothers who were left without sons and husbands following the Franco-Prussian War. However, Anna M. Jarvis’ attempts to establish a nationally and internationally acknowledged public Mother’s Day holiday were far more effective. She chose the second Sunday of May for the day to commemorate her own and all the other mothers of the world. She dedicated seven years of energy and time campaigning to reach her goal. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson officially recognized Mother’s Day as a holiday. To Jarvis’s great sorrow and disappointment, it soon became commercialized by florists, greeting card companies, candy and gift shop merchants. It is through their propaganda that Mother’s Day soon appeared on the European continent as well and spread throughout the world in its modern form. Anna Jarvis, however, spent the rest of her life fighting against the holiday she had established.

The reason why the ‘original’ date of Mother’s Day was changed in some countries and cultures was because people wanted to fit it into already existing religious, historical, legendary or even political celebrations dedicated to motherhood.

For example, Mother’s Day in Bolivia is also the date of a battle in which women participated and in some ex-communist countries people honor mothers on the socialist International Women’s Day.

We would be nowhere without our mothers but what about our fathers?

Father’s Day, which is celebrated around the world on the third Sunday of June and on other dates, also originates from America. It was founded not long after Jarvis’s Mother’s Day in 1910 in Washington by Sonora Smart Dodd who felt her father, a Civil War veteran raising six children as a single parent, deserved to be honored as any mother, together with other fathers of the world. Although at first it did not become as successful as its counterpart, soon it was also discovered by manufacturers of ties, tobacco, pipes and other typically father-presents who helped Sonora spread the holiday with commercial promotion. Eventually, decades after its creation, it only became truly accepted and popular in the mid 1980’s.

Their separate lives cross paths near the end of the movie but getting there is the fun as the narrative mixes intertwining sub-plots reminiscent of Marshall’s previous all-star comedies New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day.

Co-starring in Mother’s Day, besides Sudeikis and Aniston, are Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Margo Martindale, Timothy Olyphant and Hector Elizondo.

As a change of pace, the movie includes modern day references, such as gay marriage, but mostly the tone is Marshall mainstream, which Sudeikis, 40, and Aniston, 47, embrace.

Previously, the Saturday Night Live veteran and the Friends sitcom star worked together on The Bounty Hunter, Horrible Bosses and its sequel, and We’re the Millers.

For their fifth film, they made themselves available at a Beverly Hills hotel suite to discuss their thoughts:

 On working for the iconic Marshall, who was also show runner on the classic sitcoms Happy Days, The Odd Couple and Laverne and Shirley: 

“Garry Marshall was the reason I think most of us said ‘yes’ to this movie,” says Aniston. “Without even reading a script, I think we said, ‘Yep.’”

On the director’s past and present reputation from Pretty Woman to Happy Days:

“He’s had so much influence over modern comedy the last 50 years, whether it be on TV or films,” Sudeikis says. “To make him laugh feels really, really good.”

On Marshall’s ability to orchestrate an ensemble:

“Garry really does a beautiful job on touching all of the different scenarios of what the family unit looks like today,” Aniston says.

On acting opposite friends Hudson and Roberts:

“It was kind of a tease,” says Aniston. “I only had a day with Julia and two days with Kate.”

“I’ve known Kate for, gosh, almost 20 years and I’ve never had the opportunity to do something together with her or Julia, so I was just over the moon… although I wish we had more together.”

On the Aniston and Sudeikis bond:

“Well, we have fun together,” Aniston says. “He makes me laugh.”

“Vice versa,” says Sudeikis.

“And it’s in our contract,” says a smiling Aniston.

“Yeah, it’s part of our deal,” Sudeikis says. “I get to ride her coattails for as long as I am possibly capable.”

Adds Aniston more seriously: “It’s years of knowing each other, feeling comfortable.”

On the first 30 minutes of introducing Mother’s Day characters:

“Laying pipe,” says Aniston.

“That’s the industry term,” explains Sudeikis “Setting stuff up, and then you just trust the scene and the person you’re performing with.”

On their mothers:

“She has a great sense of humor, and so does dad,” says Aniston. “And I’m a nervous driver (like my mother).”

“You were even nervous answering that,” Sudeikis says.

“I’ve always had an appreciation for my mom being a single mom,” says Aniston, whose parents divorced. “That’s not lost on me.”

“Luckily, it didn’t take this movie for me to realize that same thing,” Sudeikis says.

On whether Aniston will ever become a mom:

“Is this the child question?” she says. “Well, when and if there’s a child in the picture, I would probably celebrate Mother’s Day but that, you know …”

source: news.nationalpost.com

Murphy’s mothers laws

Mothers only offer advice on two occasions: when you want it and when you don’t.

A mother’s love is a better cure than chicken soup, but chicken soup is cheaper.

Your mother is the only person that knows more about you than you know about yourself

Any time you are unable to solve a problem, ask your mother. She probably won’t know either, but she will fake it.

If you can’t remember whether or not you called your mother, you didn’t.

The motherly advice you ignore will always turn out to be the best advice she ever gave you.

If you forget, mom will remind you of all your mistakes so you don’t repeat them.

Anything you do can be criticized by your mother – even doing nothing.

Never criticize your mother’s cooking if you expect to get any more of it.

Never lie to your mother. And if you do, never think you got away with it.

Mother’s way is best. If you don’t believe it, ask her.

Everything is a good idea till you mother finds out and tells you why it isn’t.

If you don’t have time to study the drivers’ manual, drive your mother somewhere and get a quick refresher course.

When you are broke, ask mom for a loan. She will help you remember what you wasted all your money on.

No matter how much you eat, you can never get so fat that mother will not offer you more food.

Mother can always tell you a better way to do something after you’ve already done it.

The longer it’s been since you cleaned house, the more likely it is that mother will visit.

Never tell your mother you have nothing to do. She can always find something.

There are always two sides to a story – the way it really happened and the way mother remembers it.

occasion – alkalom
cure – gyógymód
to be unable to – képtelennek lenni
to fake something – úgy tenni, mintha
whether – vajon
to ignore – figyelmen kívül hagyni
to turn out – kiderül róla, hogy
to remind someone of – emlékeztetni valakit valamire
to expect – számítani valamire
to get away with it – megúszni
mother’s way is best – anya tudja a legjobban
to find out – megtudni valamit
drivers’ manual – autóvezetők tankönyve
refresher course – ismétlő tanfolyam
to be broke – le van égve
to waste money – pénzt pazarolni
no matter – nem számít
likely – valószínű
there are two sides to a story – nem csak egy nézőpontból lehet látni a dolgokat
 

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How did you find the energy, Mom

To do all the things you did,

To be teacher, nurse and counselor

To me, when I was a kid.



How did you do it all, Mom,

Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,

Yet find time to be a playmate,

I just can’t comprehend.



I see now it was love, Mom

That made you come whenever I’d call,

Your inexhaustible love, Mom

And I thank you for it all.

couselor – tanácsadó, jogász
chauffeur – sofőr
playmate – játszótárs
to comprehend – megérten, felfogni
inexhaustible – fáradhatatlan, kimeríthetetlen

Do you have what it takes to handle the World’s Toughest Job? It requires more than 135 hours per week, constant mobility, keen coordination and adept communication. There are no breaks, no holidays off, and there is no pay.

Mullen, an advertising agency in Boston, posted a fake "Director of Operations" job listing online and in newspapers. The ad got 2.7 million impressions from paid ad placement, but only 24 people responded, according to Ad Week. Each of those people then sat down to interview for the job and all were shocked at what was required of them: no sitting, no vacations, no guaranteed sleep and zero money.

"Is that even legal?" one applicant asked. "Nobody is going to do that for free!" another responded.

But billions of people do all this each and every day. When the applicants found out just who holds the title of "World’s Toughest Job," some were brought to tears.

The stunt might’ve been an ad for online greeting card seller Cardstore, but it sure puts things into perspective.

source:Huffington Post

to handle – kezelni, foglalkozni
tough – kemény, nehéz
to require – igényelni, megkövetelni
constant – állandó
mobility – mobilitás
adept communication – hozzáértő/szakértő kommunikáció
fake – hamis, ál-
job listing – álláshirdetés
to respond – válaszolni
according to – … szerint
applicant – jelentkező
to be brought to tears – valakinek könnybe lábad a szeme
stunt – meglepő/ figyelemfelkeltő mutatvány