{"id":18969,"date":"2014-05-06T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T21:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/mothers-day-beats-valentines-day-in-google-flowers-search\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:16","slug":"mothers-day-beats-valentines-day-in-google-flowers-search","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/05\/06\/mothers-day-beats-valentines-day-in-google-flowers-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Day beats Valentine\u2019s Day in Google \u2018flowers\u2019 search"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-258915\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/05\/FT_14.05.05_flowersSearch.png\" alt=\"google searches for flowers\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the U.S. House of Representatives issued its first Mother\u2019s Day resolution in 1913, it called on all federal government officials to wear a \u201cwhite carnation or some other white flower\u201d to honor the nation\u2019s moms. But even before the Congressional proclamation of an official day, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/inside_adams\/2010\/05\/say-with-flowers\/\">mothers have been celebrated<\/a> with flowers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, more Americans search for \u201cflowers\u201d around Mother\u2019s Day than Valentine\u2019s Day,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/explore#q=flowers&amp;geo=US&amp;cmpt=q\">according to Google Trends data<\/a> for the last 10 years. While the volume of searches for \u201cflowers\u201d in the United States are stable through most of the year, searches peak on the Friday before Mother\u2019s Day and on Valentine\u2019s Day. Google\u2019s Trends tool measures the popularity of a search term relative to all searches in the United States. 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