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cyclonefence

(5,148 posts) Sun May 14, 2017, 01:58 PM May 2017

Mother's Day carnations? [View all]

Anybody else grow up in a place and time when Mother's Day was celebrated with carnation corsages worn to church? Red or pink if your mother was alive, white if she was dead. As a kid, I wanted it to be red for alive, white for dead, and pink for ailing. As usual, nobody asked my opinion.

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Mother's Day carnations? [View all] cyclonefence May 2017 OP

That is a new one on me. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #1

I grew up in the South (Jackson, MS). Grammy23 May 2017 #6

We did this. Red for living and white for deceased. dawg May 2017 #2

Carnations were in Michigan in the 70s. irisblue May 2017 #3

My husband and I were married the day before Mother's Day in 1985 in Los Angeles. mnhtnbb May 2017 #4

Yes. Exactly that, red for living, white for dead. nt Ilsa May 2017 #5

My mother was not fond of carnations Warpy May 2017 #7

I have heard, though not personally experienced, this. I find it very sweet and Leghorn21 May 2017 #8

They were handing out pink carnations to all women today at the Walmart (NC). masmdu May 2017 #9