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
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