One of the cultural differences between the UK and the US is that we celebrate Mother's Day - or Mothering Sunday - on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent. Traditionally it was the day that anyone living away from home would attend their home, or "mother" church. Later girls working as servants would be given the day off to visit their families and take gifts to their mothers. In our family we don't tend to make a big thing of it, but I got a nice bunch of flowers, a card, and a spider plant carefully potted by Star :).
You can read more about the origins of mothering Sunday here. I wonder how the US came to adopt a May Sunday for Mother's Day?
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Mothering Sunday
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kATHRYN, i BELIEVE IT WAS TO DO WITH A PARTICULAR DECLARATION IN REGARD TO THE WAR DEAD OF THE cIVIL wAR. OR THE WAR OF nORTHERN aGRESSION AS ONE FRIEND FROM THE us CALLS IT.lol!
dOROTHY
oOOPS cAPS LOCK ON!
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