What day is Mother’s Day?

February 22nd, 2009 by Graham

Pink Flowers on Mother's Day
Mother’s Day, also known as Mothering Sunday, is a bit of a mess isn’t it? I mean, no-one seems to know when it is going to be.

Which is pretty important if you want to get a good present for your mother, and to tell her you love her. After all, she’s the one who picked you up when you grazed your knee, gave you a cuddle when you had nightmares, and made you fishfinger sandwiches whenever you were ill.

Life is complicated by the fact that the date for celebrating Mums is not just different every year, but held on different dates around the globe.

So.. take Norway and Greece, for instance. They’ve already had their Mother’s Day this year. Sorry Greek mums and Norwegian mothers – that’s it. Nothing else to look forward to now until February 2010.

And you can stop holding your breath if you’re an Argentinian mum. You won’t be having your special day celebrated until the third Sunday of October.

But looking at the stats of most of the visitors to Fabiola & Sing Sing’s blog it looks like most of you are based in the United Kingdom and USA.

Us Brits celebrate Mother’s Day (or as it’s known in old Blighty, Mothering Sunday) on the fourth Sunday in Lent. If you have a book of logarithms to hand then you’ll be able to work out that that means that this year, Mother’s Day will be on March 22 2009. Which means you have a month to find the perfect Mother’s Day gift.

And if you’re American, you’ll be giving thanks for years of Mom’s home-baked apple pie on the second Sunday of May – May 10 2009.

Phew. This is all very confusing. Couldn’t someone in a position of authority like Barack Obama, Bill Gates or Bono get this sorted out and standardised?