WHY MOTHER'S DAY COMES TWICE IN A YEAR......

Ever wondered why mother's day is celebrated twice in a year???? 

I think coa press might have an answer for you today..

The mother's day celebration is both done in the U.K and in the U.S differently...

In the U.K

The day is always on the fourth

Sunday of Lent , exactly three weeks

before Easter Sunday and usually in

the second half of March or early

April.

The day is a celebration of mothers

and the maternal bond and

traditionally children give flowers,

presents and cards to their mothers,

and other maternal figures such as

grandmothers, stepmothers and

mothers-in-law.

When did Mothering Sunday

begin?

The day has long been associated with

mothers and family. For centuries it

was custom for people to return home

to their ‘mother’ church on Laetare

Sunday – the middle of Lent. Those

who did so were said to have gone ‘a-

mothering’.

In the UNITED STATES

It was American social activist

Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) from

Philadelphia who lobbied the

government for an official day to

honour mothers in the US, and is

regarded as the "Mother of Mother's

Day". She dedicated her life to the

cause after swearing she would do so

after her mother's death.

However, over the years Jarvis became

increasingly concerned at the

commercialisation of the day, saying

"I wanted it to be a day of sentiment,

not profit." She also didn't like the

selling of flowers and the use of

greetings cards which she described as

"a poor excuse for the letter you are

too lazy to write".

Mothering Sunday or Mother’s

Day?

When you say 'Mother’s Day' you're

actually referring to the American

version, although the term is widely

used in Britain too. In the US,

Mother's Day falls on Sunday, May 14

this year.

The French celebrate Mother's Day on

the last Sunday in May, where a

family dinner is the norm, and

traditionally the mother being

honoured is presented with a cake

that looks like a bouquet of flowers.

Mother’s Day in Spain is celebrated on

December 8th. Spaniards pay tribute

not only to their own mothers on this

day, but also to the Virgin Mary. The

day includes religious celebrations

across the country.

So why it seems like it comes twice in NIGERIA IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE OUR OWN OFFICIAL MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION WHICH MEANS WE MOSTLY ADOPT THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION..