British English Holidays - Mothering Sunday

hi everyone I'm Gina Mothering Sunday is a day where we pay

respect to our mothers it is more commonly known as Mother's Day in other

countries in this lesson you're going to learn about the history of Mothering

Sunday signal cake is traditionally Mothering Sunday cake but what is it

will show you the answer at the end of this video

mothering Sunday is not a fixed day in the UK it's always the fourth Sunday of

Lent so much like Glen the date changes every year

mothering Sunday was originally a Christian holiday and is separate from

the Mother's Day celebrated in other countries but in the UK the two have

come to have a virtually identical meaning and the two titles have become

interchangeable it is referred to as both Mothering Sunday and Mother's Day

the origins of Mothering Sunday refer to the custom of people returning to their

mother church the largest church in their area and it was said that they had

gone mothering it also referred to servants at stately homes and mansions

being allowed one day each year to visit their families and this would fall on

Mothering Sunday the servants would return home with presents for their

mothers nowadays Mothering Sunday is merely a day to pay respects to and show

our love for our mothers children no matter their age will send cards and

flowers to their mothers they may help out more with the household chores or

even repair breakfast in bed so that their mothers can have an easier and

more relaxing day

it was in the 1950s when Mothering Sunday and Mother's Day became

integrated retailers and merchants saw the opportunity to make some money and

relentlessly promoted Mother's Day now a lot of British people don't know there

is a difference and now I'll give you the answer to the earlier quiz similar

cake is a traditional Mothering Sunday cake but what is it it is a fruit cake

that is decorated with a layer of marzipan on top of this layer 11

marzipan balls are placed to represent Christ 12 apostles - Judas who betrayed

Christ now it is sometimes eaten at Easter - how was this lesson did you

learn something interesting do you have Mothering Sunday or something similar to

pay respects to your mother in your country leave us a comment at English

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