age ▁of ▁white ▁car n ations , ▁and ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁efforts ▁to ▁expand ▁the ▁sales ▁of ▁more ▁types ▁of ▁flowers ▁in ▁Mother ' s ▁Day , ▁flor ists ▁invent ed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁we aring ▁a ▁p ink ▁car n ation ▁if ▁your ▁mother ▁was ▁living , ▁or ▁a ▁white ▁one ▁if ▁she ▁was ▁dead ; ▁this ▁was ▁t ire lessly ▁promoted ▁until ▁it ▁made ▁its ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁popular ▁observations ▁at ▁churches . ▁Other ▁less ▁traditional ▁flower ▁options ▁may ▁include ▁ros es , ▁a ▁live ▁blo oming ▁plant , ▁flower ▁le is , ▁or ▁a ▁bou quet ▁of ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁different ▁flowers . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ization ▁▁ ▁The ▁commercial ization ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁hol iday ▁began ▁very ▁early , ▁and ▁only ▁nine ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁official ▁Mother ' s ▁Day ▁it ▁had ▁become ▁so ▁r amp ant ▁that ▁Anna ▁Jar vis ▁herself ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁hol iday ▁had ▁become , ▁sp ending ▁all ▁her ▁inheritance ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁her ▁life ▁fighting ▁what ▁she ▁saw ▁as ▁an ▁ab use ▁of ▁the ▁celebr ation . ▁She ▁de cri ed ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁purch asing ▁gre eting ▁cards , ▁which ▁she ▁saw ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁being ▁too ▁lazy ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁personal ▁letter . ▁She ▁was ▁arrested ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁for ▁disturb ing ▁the ▁peace ▁while ▁protest ing ▁against ▁the ▁commercial ization ▁of ▁Mother ' s ▁Day , ▁and ▁she ▁finally ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁"... w ished ▁she