Edited by borrow at 15-5-2023 08:51 PM
When is Mother’s Day in the UK?In 2023, Mother’s Day is today, Sunday, March 19. Only a few countries share this date, including Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Nigeria.
Why is Mother’s Day on a different date in the US?The US date for Mother’s Day 2023 is Sunday, May 14.
In the UK, you’ll notice that the date changes significantly every year.
This was when Christians would visit their ‘mother church’ – and is the reason for the term Mothering Sunday.
Because the dates of Lent and Easter change each year, based on the Lunar calendar, the date of Mother’s Day changes too.
In other countries like the US, the day wasn’t based on religious tradition and is specifically referred to as Mother’s Day.
It became an official US holiday in 1914 when then-President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May as a day of ‘public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/19/when-is-mothers-day-in-the-uk-and-why-is-it-different-to-the-us-3-18464841/
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