May 13 Mother's Day: how to spend it naturally

Mother's Day, when it is born

Mother's Day, which is celebrated today on the second Sunday of May, has a controversial and very diverse origin, relating to the initiatives and countries in which it is celebrated.

In Italy the "National Mother and Child Day" was celebrated for the first time on December 24, 1933, within the framework of the Fascist government's family policy; for the occasion, there was also the awarding of the most prolific mothers in Italy.

Far from the old intentions, the true and modern Mother's Day as it is understood today originates from an idea of the then mayor of Bordighera, Raul Zaccari, who, in 1956, took the initiative to celebrate Mother's Day at the local Zeni Theater.

The following year the Feast was welcomed and transformed also in a religious sense by the parish priest of a town in the province of Assisi. From then on, albeit with some initial disagreement or reticence, Mother's Day begins to take hold almost everywhere in the peninsula; for the occasion, we offer little thoughts to mothers, we recite poems and do odd jobs at school.

And what can you do with an original family? In addition to sweets and special sweets for the mother, of which we had already written a long time ago, here is some nice and simple ideas to celebrate you too your mother in a unique, simple and natural way.

Celebrate the mother in a natural way

Special men and women, now it's your turn! Together with your children you can work hard to create a beautiful composition of plants and flowers in a short time, or take your mother to the castle to see the display of flowers and forgotten fruits, or dedicate a special tour to the museum. Here are some completely natural ideas!

> A beautiful composition of colorful and aromatic flowers : get yellow or orange marigold, red, orange or yellow helichrysum, lysimachia, heather and aromatic plants, like golden oregano if you find it, thyme or peppermint. In a nice colored vase, have fun composing your work, remembering to use good soil and to put first a layer of expanded clay balls so as to drain the soil.

A nice message, perhaps with a poem or a song for the mother, and the moving effect is assured!

> For the mother who loves culture there is a museum : here are many museum initiatives that organize meetings for mothers and their children or carers. From the Civic Museums of Monza, which organize a real artistic workshop taking inspiration from the many mothers depicted in the works of the museum, passing through the Mudec in Milan with the event "Stories of mothers, stories of objects!".

And again in Turin, free admission to the Egyptian Museum for accompanied mothers and to Mauto with his mother for his party, with family activities and a little train that leads to the assembly line!

> For mothers who love castles : here are the events of the Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza to celebrate Mother's Day. To name just a couple, the extraordinary opening of the private garden of the Castello di Scipione of the Marquises Pallavicino , with reduced admission to the Castle to all mothers with families in tow; or the beautiful initiative "The make up in the Middle Ages", thematic guided tour to the Rocca Viscontea of Catell'Arquato.

There is no shortage of the " Wonder Markets " in the medieval village of Vigoleno and the Medieval Market at the Castle of Gropparello . At the Paderna Castle in Pontenure instead there will be the spring edition of "Frutti Antichi", a review of plants, flowers and forgotten fruits and high-end products, promoted by the FAI.

Curiosity about Mother's Day : in San Marino Mother's Day is celebrated on March 15th !

In fact, there is not a single day of the year that brings together all the states in which the anniversary is celebrated : in almost two thirds of these countries the festival is celebrated in May, while about a quarter celebrates it in March.