Mother's Day is celebrated at different times of the year in countries around the world. Most countries celebrate Mother's Day in May.
We have created a new page on our website about when Mother's Day is celebrated in different countries. Many of our visitors have shared how they celebrate Mother's Day.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/mothers/
Please leave a comment to tell us how and when you celebrate Mother's Day in your country.
Mother's Day in the UK
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/mothers.htm
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Here in Australia, when we go to church on Mothers Day, which is the 2nd Sunday in May. We Mums get presented with small handmade items, like flowers or bookmarks. I have a bookmark that has some pretty beads threaded onto a length of plaited embroidery silks.
ReplyDeleteFathers Day is the 1st Sunday in September and small handmade items are given to Dads when they arrive at church too. And because I now live in a country that has palm trees, on Palm Sunday, we are sometimes given small crosses made from palm leaves.
I am english but I moved here in 1991. I live in a small suburb called Bethania, which is about 35kms from the city of Brisbane, on the southside, in the state of Queensland. Qld is on the east coast of Australia.
Linda
Well for mothers day in england i usually celebrate by making my mum feel special, i'll either go and buy her plants, so that these keep living on, and not flowers as they soon die. I also on occasion make her a card, or buy her one. And i always cook her a meal.
ReplyDeleteIn Azerbaijan, where I live, the important day is 8 March, International Women's day. It is a Public Holiday for Men and Women and gifts (of cakes, flowers or anything else appropriate)can be given to all women in your life. For your mother, your sister, your secretary and your cleaner. Some of the shop windows before International Women's Day look a little like just before St Valentines in the UK, with lots of roses and hearts.
ReplyDeleteIn Japan it's the second Sunday in May, like Australia and other countries. It's known as "hana no hi" (Flower Day). Its an adoption of Western tradition, starting around 1914. It was popular by 1930, but banned along with other Western notable days during the Second World War. By 1950, it was once again popular.
ReplyDeleteHere in Chile, South America, we celebrate Mother's day the 2nd Sunday of May, and also celebrate Women's day every 8th of March. You usually get cards handmade for your kids, or some handmade present that they always make at school.Mothers with grown children also receive cards, flowers or any present that they bought to you.
ReplyDeleteFamilies used to prepare a Sunday lunch for their Mothers, or a tea time with cakes and sweeties that Sunday evening, having a nice time with Mum and Grandmother all the time...:)
I live in Georgia,Tbilisi. in my country mother's day is celebrated on 3rd march and it is public holiday, on this day people usually tend to present mothers flowers,couse this day also is associated with spring
ReplyDeleteI was a child of the 1940-50s living in a village in Essex, ENG and on Mothering Sunday attended our Church. During the service the vicar would distribute primroses to the children who then presented them to their mothers. I was taught that not only were we honouring our own mothers but also 'Mother Earth', a tradition preserved from pre-Christian days.
ReplyDeleteHere in Cuba, we just wish our mothers a happy day and make sure they have fun! it is not really that much of a big deal, but in some places it is more intense and means more to the mothers.
ReplyDeleteHere in France we offer a present to our mother. It is often flowers. children make presents and cards in their schools.
ReplyDeleteIn Bulgaria just like in Azerbaijan the 8 of March is the International Women's day,but in my county we celebrate Mother's Day at the same date.I remember years ago when I was a kid I used to make cards with a nice poem for my mom and I used to give her the card tell her the poem and give her a flower after that.I also want to thank you for the wonderful website you made it really helps a lot to understand some of your customs and it helps with passing the exams at my university :) By Atanas
ReplyDeleteI am an Anglican Deacon and i live in Canada
ReplyDeleteEveryyear I seem to be asked to do the homily on Mothering Sunday. This year i intend to concentrate on the history of the simnel Cake which we eat un Mothering Sunday We didn't realise that we are supposed to wait to eat it to Easter
Do any of your readers know the history of this poem which we skipped to as children in England
Mothering Sunday
Curds and Whey
Palm Sunday
Easter Day
I live in Canada, does anyone know why we do not celebrate Mother's day until May?
ReplyDeleteIn China, Mother's Day is 8 March, the same day of International Women's Day.on that day, we also buy present for mothers to thanks for all they have done for us, the special flower is Carnition. Also we can help them do some housework such as cook and washing on that day...
ReplyDeletein Russia, its exactly the same as in Bulgaria and Azerbaijan, mother's day is celebrated on the same day as International Women's day on 8th March. as kids we used to buy our mum flowers and a present, which could be anything, whatever a child can afford with their pocket money. now that i have moved to England, we celebrate mothers day the same time as G.B. and buy my mum flowers and a card and some chocs.
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