Happy Mothering Sunday
In the UK, Mothering Sunday was originally a time when people returned to the church in which they were baptized, or where they attended services when they were children. This meant that families were reunited, as adults returned to the towns and villages where they grew up.
In time, it became customary for young people who were working as servants in large houses to be given a day's holiday on Mothering Sunday so they could use this day to visit their own mother, often taking a gift of food or hand-me-down clothing from their employer to give to her.
Happy Mothering Sunday
In the UK, Mothering Sunday was originally a time when people returned to the church in which they were baptized, or where they attended services when they were children. This meant that families were reunited, as adults returned to the towns and villages where they grew up.
In time, it became customary for young people who were working as servants in large houses to be given a day's holiday on Mothering Sunday so they could use this day to visit their own mother, often taking a gift of food or hand-me-down clothing from their employer to give to her.