Mother's Day?
Mothering Sunday?
March 18th 2012
In the UK and Ireland, Mothering Sunday falls on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, historians believe that the origins of this day is from the 16th century, when it was traditional practise to attend your Mother Church, all young apprentices and those in service were released from their duties to return home and mothers were reunited with their children.
It didn't really become popular in the UK until American Soldiers brought their celebratory version of it over during World War II, which the merchants saw as a prime opportunity, and making it more of the commercial day that we celebrate it today.
It could be argued that the only people who benefit from it are the shops! But if it means you remember your mother with a bunch of flowers, a cake, a card or a little bit of luxury, does it matter whether it is commercial or not?
Especially as the economy gets a much neededboost, and mum's are still number 1.
In America the holiday was invented by Anna Jarvis in 1908 to celebrate her mother, however it became so commercialised that she eventually ended up opposing the holiday she created!
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