U.S. sees increasing Mother's Day spending

Americans are estimated to spend an average of 284 U.S. dollars per person on Mother's Day this year, nearly 10 percent higher than 2025, according to its National Retail Federation.

The festival, which falls on May 10 and was first given official recognition by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, has since blossomed into a major retail event.

This year's projected figure, while still well below the 890 U.S. dollars average spent during the 2025 holiday season that spans Thanksgiving and Christmas, stands out as a notable upswing for a non-holiday occasion.

Beyond the receipts, people in Washington D.C. shared their plans and deep affections to their moms that cannot be hindered by distance.

"I'm traveling, so it will be phone calls and outreach and hugs from afar this year," said Noel Laemmel, who is away from her family.

For others, the day stirs tender memories.

"I'm a mom myself so I don't have my mom, but I'm a mom so I'm pretty sure that my kids will do something nice for me. But I appreciate my mom and I just remember her and all the good times," said Marijia Bailey, reflecting on her late mother Karen.

"Because she is the single mom and she raised me and my sister very well. So yeah, I love her very much," George Srisaard spoke of his mother Laddawan with deep appreciation.

"I think they love you unconditionally and they're great people," Buddy Steves summed up.

"We live far apart, but she's still my safe place. She's my comfort," Keena Kaye shared her unshaken bond with her mom.

U.S. sees increasing Mother's Day spending

U.S. sees increasing Mother's Day spending

Any attempt to falsify the World War II history and to glorify Nazi and collaborators must be resolutely stopped, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed at a reception marking the Victory Day on Saturday.

According to a transcript posted on the website of the Kremlin, Putin underscored the decisive contribution made by the people of the Soviet Union to the "defeat of Nazism" in his speech addressing the reception.

"We have never divided this great victory into 'ours' and 'theirs.' That is why we honor the contribution of all soldiers of the anti-Hitler coalition, members of the resistance, partisans and underground fighters," said Putin, adding that "we will always preserve the memory of our wartime alliance, of our brotherhood in arms."

"It is important to firmly counter attempts to falsify the events of the Second World War and to glorify Nazis and collaborators. They bear responsibility for the unbearable suffering and deaths of millions of civilians," Putin said.

He stressed that "it is our duty to prevent" any effort to justify the genocide of Soviet citizens and other atrocities committed by Nazi criminals. "These crimes were unequivocally condemned by the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal and have no statute of limitations," he said. On November 20, 1945, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and France established an international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Bavaria in southern Germany, to reckon with the heinous crimes committed by Nazi Germany against humanity.

Putin vows to firmly counter attempts to falsify WWII history