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It’s Mothering Sunday, or Mother’s Day as it is now usually called. A day when we celebrate our mothers as well as motherhood itself.
It is a day when we give presents to our mothers, so giving a welcome boost to the sales of florists, card shops and chocolate manufacturers.
Opinions vary on when this celebration of mothers started. One source says it was begun by the Greeks who kept a festival to Cybele, the great mother of Greek gods. Others point to the Romans who celebrated Matronalia on which mothers were usually given gifts. The idea was then picked up by the Christian Churches who fixed the fourth Sunday in Lent to honour the Virgin Mary.
I suspect that mothers have been celebrated once a year throughout the world in all ages and by all cultures. Not only did mothers give birth to us, they loved and cherished us and tried to bring us up correctly; things that are worth celebrating.
So today I and the rest of my family honour my mother and wish her many more Mothering Sundays.
Happy Mothering Sunday To All Mothers!
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It’s Mothering Sunday, or Mother’s Day as it is now usually called. A day when we celebrate our mothers as well as motherhood itself.
It is a day when we give presents to our mothers, so giving a welcome boost to the sales of florists, card shops and chocolate manufacturers.
Opinions vary on when this celebration of mothers started. One source says it was begun by the Greeks who kept a festival to Cybele, the great mother of Greek gods. Others point to the Romans who celebrated Matronalia on which mothers were usually given gifts. The idea was then picked up by the Christian Churches who fixed the fourth Sunday in Lent to honour the Virgin Mary.
I suspect that mothers have been celebrated once a year throughout the world in all ages and by all cultures. Not only did mothers give birth to us, they loved and cherished us and tried to bring us up correctly; things that are worth celebrating.
So today I and the rest of my family honour my mother and wish her many more Mothering Sundays.
Happy Mothering Sunday To All Mothers!
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