MOTHER’S DAY 27TH MARCH IN THE U.K. Mother's Day is celebrated across the world, in more than 50 countries, though not all countries celebrate it on the same day.
In the UK it's not "Mother's Day", it's "Mothering Sunday", which traditionally was a day off for servants, who could use it to return home and visi t their mothers as they normally wouldn't get to see them during the rest of the year. Countries that celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May include Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Belgium. Except Spain on the 1st of May. In Spain, Mother's Day dates back to 1644 and was created in honour of the national festival of the Virgen of Immaculate Conception. It is a pity that M other ’s Day in Russia this y ear is not celebrated until Sunday November 27th , when tribute is paid to maternal devotion, the mothers’ sacrifice for the good of their children and also in order to increase the significance of motherhood. If it was in March they might have been kinder to the Ukrainian families he disrupted or destroyed. In Mexico and many parts of Latin America, Mother's Day is celebrated on May 10th of each year. In Thailand, it is celebrated on August 12th, the birthday of the current Queen.
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