Mother’s Day celebrations are attached with great sentimental value. It is marked on the second Sunday in May, and is celebrated in almost all countries of the world, including  China, Japan, India, the UK, the US, Denmark, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Canada among others.

The occasion is used by sons and daughters to honor their mother and grandmother for all the sacrifices they have made in upbringing them. Some historians believe that the Mother’s Day celebrations originated from ancient spring festivities that were dedicated to maternal goddesses.

Greeks used to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and mother of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greek mythology. It is claimed that Ancient Romans had a spring festival to honor Cybele, also termed a mother goddess. called Hilaria, this celebration was spread over three days. It comprised parades, masquerades and games.

A modern version of Mother’s Day was started in the 1600s in the UK. Mothering Sunday was then marked on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Gifts were given, and a special dessert ‘ simnel cake’ was prepared. In the US, Anna Jarvis - though never a mother herself - ran a movement for national recognition of Mother’s Day!

Jarvis hosted a special ceremony in 1907 to honor her late mother. She also launched a campaign for a national holiday honoring mothers. West Virginia incidentally became the first state in 1910 to recognize it. President Wilson declared the second Sunday in May to be Mother’s Day in 1914.

Mother’s Day continues to be a popular holiday all over the world since then. It’s the perfect day to gift your mother flowers, candy and greetings cards to express your gratitude towards your dear mother. Happy Mother’s Day!

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 “Can’t spend so much for an anniversary gift…”

Jumpy asked his wife, “Mary, darling, what would you want to celebrate 20th wedding anniversary with?

“Would you like a set of pearls?” he asked.

“Not really,” she said.

“Well how about a new sports car?” said Jumpy.

“No,” she responded with a grin.

“What about a new lovely vacation home in the countryside?” he suggested.

She again rejected the offer with a big “No thanks.”

“Well then what would you like for our anniversary?” John asked in an irritated voice.

“Jumpy, I would like a divorce,” answered Mary coldly.

“Sorry, I was not planning to spend that much,” said John nonchalantly.

Get the Message?

Two young kids were with their grandfather in the night. At bedtime, the two knelt beside their beds to say the prayers. The youngest one started praying at the top of his voice, “I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE. I PRAY FOR A NEW MUSIC SYSTEM. I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO…”

His older sibling leaned over and nudged the younger one and said, “But why are you shouting your prayers? God is not deaf.” To which the smart fella replied, “No, but grandfather is, don’t you know!”

A gift mother liked the most

Three sons decided to leave the home, and settle on their own. Luckily, they prospered. Getting back together after a long time, the three started showing the gifts they had got for their mother.

The first son said, “I have built a big house for her.” The second one said,” I have got our mother a Mercedes with a driver.”

The third said with a smile on his face, “You know mom really cherishes the Bhagvad Gita, But her eyesight has become poor. I have got her a parrot who can recite the entire Gita for her. It took 20 sages to teach him.”

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out a letter of thanks, saying: “You were the only one to have the good sense to realize what your mother likes. That bird was really delicious.”

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Please, ‘weigh’ the consequences of your gift!

A husband was in trouble. Guess why; it was because he had forgotten his wife’s birthday. She was willing to let it go by if the husband made up for the mistake in the ‘right’ way.

She told him, “Tomorrow there better be something nice in the driveway for me, which goes zero to 100 in 10 seconds”.

The wife found a small package next morning in the driveway. She curiously opened it and found a brand new weighing scale.

‘Cheap’ husband’s gift

After being away on a business trip, Manjit thought it would be great to get a nice little gift for his wife so as to make her happy.

“How about a good perfume?” he asked at the cosmetics shop. The salesgirl showed him a bottle worth Rs 1000.

“That’s a bit too much,” said Manjit. She returned with another bottle for Rs 500. “That’s still quite costly for me,” Manjit complained again. Getting annoyed, the girl brought out a tiny bottle.

“What I mean?” said Manjit angrily, “It costs Rs 150. I would like to buy something that is really cheap.”

The girl handed him a shampoo pouch. It’s for you, baldie,” she shouted.

A precious gift, but is it for the real?

A guy got his wife a lovely diamond ring for Diwali. After coming to know about this rather extravagant gift, a friend of his remarked, “But I thought she was looking for one of those sporty four-wheel-drive vehicles.”"Yes, she did,” he replied. “But how and where was I going to find a fake Jeep, tell me?”

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It’s vacation time; it’s fun time, so Giftex blog is here to make you smile. We present jokes and interesting anecdotes about gifting.

A gift with a DIAMOND in it

John: It was my wife’s birthday, yesterday.

Peter: what was your special gift to her?

John: I just asked her what was it that she wanted?

Peter: And what did she say?

John: anything, she said, as long as there is a DIAMOND in it!

Peter: So, what did you give her?

John: Simple, playing cards!

“Didn’t use the gift, so won’t gift another”

One year, a harried man decided to get his mother-in-law a prime cemetery plot as a Christmas gift, thinking it would send across the message to her. The mother-in-law did not seem to have got the hint.

The frustrated son-in-law did not buy her any gift next year. When the mother-in-law asked him why he din not get her any gift this Christmas, he replied with a frown on his face, “Well, you still have not used the gift that I bought you last year!”

What makes the perfect gift?”

Thanks for that pretty electric guitar that you gave me on my birthday,” little Manjit said to his auntie the first time he saw her after the holidays. “It is the best present that I ahd ever got.”"That’s great, my boy, “said his auntie.  “But do you know how to play it?”

“Oh, I do not play it,” the little boy said. “But my mom gives me a rupee every day not to play it during the day and my dad gives me another rupee not to play it at night. It’s because of you, auntie!”

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It’s vacation time; it’s fun time, so Giftex blog is here to make you smile. We present jokes and interesting anecdotes about gifting.

A surprise gift for the teacher

“It was the last day of Bittu’s school. All his fellow students were thinking of a present for their class teacher. Bittu, a florist’s son, stood up and gave his teacher a big box.

The teacher said to him, I shall bet these are flowers!” The boy asked, “How did you know?”

“Just a lucky guess, my child,” he stated. Next, came Sittu whose family ran a candy store. He also stood up and gave the class teacher a box. He immediately said he knew it was candy. When the amazed boy asked her how the teacher knew it, he again quipped, “Just a lucky guess, my child.”

Finally, came Mittu, a girl whose father owned a liquor shop. She came up and gave her teacher another box. But one of its corners had become damp from a leak. The class teacher asked the girl if it was wine. The girl said, “No.”

The teacher touched the leaking liquid and put it to his tongue and asked if it was a bottle of champagne. The girl again said no. Finally, the teacher gave up and asked her what was there in the box.

Mittu said with a big smile on her face, “It’s a surprise gift for you, teacher; it’s a puppy!”

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They say that the great holy saga of practical wisdom, the Bhagwad Gita, is a book to behold. Indeed, it is a treasure trove of all the masterly knowledge in the world.

Now there’s a very special tiny treasure available thanks to jewelry brand Tanishq. Made out of dazzling 24 karat gold and the one comprising all the 18 chapters of the holy book with almost 700 shlokas is apparently the smallest Bhagwad Gita of the world in the form of a pendant.

This with the entire Bhagwad Gita in a chip of 1cm x 1 cm can be observed under a 20X microscope. It can be scanned under a 200X microscope. The chip created by Pawan Sinha is indeed a wonder. Mr Sinha is associated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, working there as an associate professor of Vision & Computational Neuroscience.

In a newspaper interview he has been quoted as saying, “Interestingly, the initial spark for this holy venture visited me in a dream. In it, I saw myself writing the Gita on a grain of rice. I decided to make this dream a reality, and developed technology for ultra-fine inscription. In order to demonstrate its capabilities, we chose to write the text (over 180,000 words) of the King James New Testament of the Bible on a crystal tablet of just in size.”

This accomplishment has been recognized by Guinness Book of Records. A few years after this achievement he decided to employ the same technology for making the smallest Gita. Among the features of this book is a clear image of Lord Krishna playing the famous flute, besides all the shlokas.

The picture is even smaller than a speck of sand. Tanishq will be setting aside a part of the revenues to help run the Prakash Center for Children. The aim is to provide medical care to needy children.

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