subject: Mothers Day In Germany [print this page] In the Middle Ages a Sunday of Thuringia is reported to exist. On this Sunday, families would spend time together and congratulate each other the advent of the spring season. Since Spring season signifies the bloom of life, they would compare their women with spring as they also give birth to new lives. No one worked on that day. Everybody was sure to come home and spend the day with Parents and family.
Mutterstag attracted great attention of the Nazi Motherhood Campaign. The promoters of this campaign considered that womens participation in the labor force of the country had resulted in the horrible decline in the birth rate of Germany. The anti Nazis regarded it an insult of the women of the country and started a campaign to honor mothers of Germany. Mothers day was unanimously adopted as a day to pay tribute to the mothers of Germany. They appreciated women to give birth to as many children as possible. Special emphasis was on the birth of boys who would join Hitlers Army and enhance the pride of the Vaterland or Fathers land----- Germany. They also settled the tradition of giving medals made up of gold, silver and bronze called das Mutterkreuz to mothers who gave birth to the strength of the land. This German holiday became unofficial after the WWII. Germans started incorporating American elements of greeting cards and flowers in the celebration of Mothers day. In Germany, if mothers day happens to fall on the Pentecost, the holiday is shifted to the first Sunday of May. In short, we can say that the Modern Mothers Day celebration is actually imported tradition form America.
Germans celebrate Mothers Day with great enthusiasm and zeal. Carnations are regarded as mother flowers, Germany
Mothers Day in Germany is celebrated with full fervor. In middle Ages, a Sunday was celebrated to welcome the spring. Families would get together and spend whole Sunday in rejoicing. As women also give birth to new life, they were also honored on that day. Today, modern Mothers Day is celebrated wholeheartedly throughout Germany.
