Another Record-Breaking Year for Mom on AT&T Network as Company Projects 137 Million Calls on Sunday, May 12.BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1996--AT&T projects a record-breaking 137 million calls on its Worldwide Intelligent Network this Mother's Day -- once more topping Christmas and Father's Day as AT&T's busiest calling holiday. Here are some other Mother's Day statistics, calling and gift tips: -- Mother's Day is the number one holiday to call a loved one by a wide margin, racking up 9 million more calls than Christmas Day in 1995. Calling volumes for other top calling holidays in 1995: Christmas Day, 117.7 million; Father's Day, 107.4 million; Christmas Eve Day, 107.2 million; Easter Sunday, 91.7 million and Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. , 86.8 million. -- AT&T's 1996 projected volume for Mother's Day calling is about 50 percent more than a typical Sunday volume of 90 million. But it's about 30 percent less than a typical business day calling volume of 200 million. -- The busiest day in network history was November 27, 1995 -- the Monday after Thanksgiving -- with 236.6 million calls. -- This year's Mother's Day calling projection of 137 million is up 8 percent from last year's 126.6 million calls. The 1996 figure is a 70-percent increase from the 74.3 million Mother's Day calls placed in 1989. Other volumes since then: 1990, 91.2 million; 1991, 99 million; 1992, 109.5 million; 1993, 108 million; 1994, 115.6 million, and 1995, 126.6 million. -- Mother's Day holds second place for attempts to 1 800 CALL ATT ATT ammonia tolerance test. (R) discounted collect-calling service. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 1 800 CALL ATT tracking, Father's Day is the busiest holiday for AT&T's collect-calling service. And number three for reversing charges -- even discounted ones -- on loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl ? Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . -- Calling Tip: AT&T's Mother's Day calling volumes peak twice: from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Eastern Time, and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time. -- Gift Tip: For those of us among the millions (and we know who we are) whose mothers complain that we never call, AT&T's 1 800 ATT-GIFT (sm) lets you send a musical message with a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with for $9.95 (available year round). You can surprise Mom with a few verses of a popular song chosen by you, followed by your 30-second voice message...perhaps explaining why you never call. CONTACT: Dave Johnson Dave Johnson may refer to:
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