Happy Mother’s Day ! We hope Mums, stepmums, nanas and other maternal figures across the country are facing a day of treats.

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"In the UK, Mother’s Day is celebrated today, Sunday, March 19 ."

Only a few countries share this date, including Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Nigeria.

This is because Mothering Sunday first began as a church traditionover here, taking place three weeks before Easter on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

It became an official US holiday in 1914 when then-President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May as a day of ‘public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.’

The idea was first planted by suffragist Julia Ward Howe in 1872 who suggested the holiday as a chance to unite women

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Happy Mother’s Day ! We hope Mums, stepmums, nanas and other maternal figures across the country are facing a day of treats.

Only a few countries share this date, including Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Nigeria.

This is because Mothering Sunday first began as a church traditionover here, taking place three weeks before Easter on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

It became an official US holiday in 1914 when then-President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May as a day of ‘public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.’

The idea was first planted by suffragist Julia Ward Howe in 1872 who suggested the holiday as a chance to unite women

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