2025-03-29
5 分钟Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.
As you can hear,
my voice is not what it normally is and so for today's episode I'm going to be sharing a very special pre-recorded episode explaining why we're about to celebrate Mother's Day in the UK even
though it's March.
Take it away Anna with a good voice.
Did you know that Mother's Day in the UK is not celebrated in May?
In fact, it's coming up this Sunday.
But why do Brits celebrate Mother's Day earlier than the rest of most of the world?
And why does the date change every single year?
Well, let's unravel this little mystery together.
In the UK, we don't just call it Mother's Day, we can also call it Mothering Sunday.
And unlike the American version, which is fixed to the second Sunday in May, ours moves around.
That's because in the UK, Mothering Sunday is connected to Easter, which follows the lunar calendar.
So, British Mother's Day falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
Originally, it had nothing to do with mums at all.
It was a religious festival where people would return to their mother church.
That's the main church in their local area.
It was often the only day off for servants and apprentices in a whole year, so they'd use that chance to visit home.
Over time, this tradition transformed into what we now know as Mother's Day,
a chance to say thank you to the amazing women who raised us with a card,