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Guide to enjoying Mother's day

Date: Mother's day is celebrated on May 14.

The American Mother’s Day was created in the early 1900’s when Anna Jarvis created Mother’s Day as a way of honouring the sacrifices mothers have made for their children. Children give cards, flowers, and gifts to their mothers and perhaps make them the classic breakfast in bed. Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom takes place on a different day to the US as it is connected to Easter and the day that Easter is celebrated changes every year. Other countries, such as Ireland and Nigeria, celebrate Mother’s Day on the same day as the UK. The reason Mother’s Day is connected with Easter as in Europe it comes from the Christian holiday Mothering Sunday which falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent.

Traditions of Mother's day around the world

The contrast between American and European Mother’s Day is quite interesting. As I said, US holiday was created by Anna Jarvis whereas the European holiday stems from the Christian celebration of mothering Sunday. In the US though, Anna Jarvis became unhappy with her own creation after it was commercialised. Mother’s Day became an official US holiday in 1914, after Jarvis denounced the commercialisation of the holiday, she spent the rest of her life trying to get it removed from the official calendar. It was this commercialisation of the day in America that reignited celebrations in Europe as the customs of Mothering Sunday began to lose popularity until they merged with United States idea of gift giving. Mother’s Day itself may not have entirely been an American and European/Christian creation; if we look back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, we can see that they celebrated mothers by holding festivals in honour of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele.

What to expect when celebrating Mother's day

As an Englishman, I celebrate Mother’s Day by simply going home to see my mother. Traditions and ways to celebrate are quite simple, I travel home to visit my mum and for the day I take on the roles that she once had for me. I will cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as performing other household chores such as laundry and mowing the lawn. I know many people who celebrate the same way, we simply give our mothers the day off as a way of saying thank you for all the work it took to raise us. Of course, there are cards and gift giving, and being a country boy me and my mum often take the dogs for a walk across the fields on Mother’s Day.

Written by: Josh Huddlestone

Works Cited

“Mother’s Day 2018.” HISTORY, 5 Feb. 2019, www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day. McCann, Sarah. “Mother’s Day 2022: Why Is the Date Different in the UK and Why Does It Change Every Year?” Sussex Express, 27 Mar. 2022, www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/mothers-day-2022-why-is-the-date-different-in-the-uk-and-why-does-it-change-every-year-3628925.