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  • Honor Moms, Not Mammon, on Mother’s Day

    05/11/2014 7:59:29 AM PDT · by CHRISTIAN DIARIST · 2 replies
    THE CHRISTIAN DIARIST ^ | MAY 11, 2014 | JP
    Today marks the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day. It is the fourth-biggest holiday for spending, according to CNBC. It is the third-largest card-sending holiday, according to Hallmark, with America’s moms receiving more than 133 million cards. It’s the biggest phone-calling day of the year, according to History.com, with call volume spiking by as much as 37 percent. And it’s the biggest holiday of the year for dining out, according to the National Restaurant Association. What most of us are unaware of is the Christian origin of Mother’s Day. It wasn’t about obligatory Mother’s Day presents or perfunctory Mother’s Day greeting...