Talk:Mothering Sunday

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[edit] Contradiction

The first sentence is contradicted by the links provided at the bottom of the article. Whatever the origins of Mothering sunday, it does seem to have become be a celebration of motherhood. One of the links even suggests

  • The early Christians in England celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor Mary, the mother of Christ

ISn't this a celebration of motherhood?

86.134.38.124 16:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely correct. Mothering Sunday IS a celebration of motherhood. Its origins are now obscure but the celebration is possibly derived from parishioners visitng their "mother church". Nowadays it's a celebration of motherhood - breakfast in bed and all that. The way this article reads at the moment is rubbish. I'll fix it in due course if no-one else does. A good reference is The Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore (ISBN 019691045). Arcturus 21:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Absolutely, it would read better as "was not originally a celebration of Motherhood" Ashamanic 18:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK only?

Isn't Mothering Sunday only/mainly a UK celebration? If so I suggest writing this into the early part of the article. Do all the historical events/practices mentioned relate to the uk only?

[edit] Merge proposal

  • Against. Although these events occur on the same day, and may be related in the dim and distant past, they are now in effect, two separate entities. Laetare Sunday is principally an historic christian festival whereas Mothering Sunday has become a modern-day celebration. Arcturus 15:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] A Day For Mother

Is a day for Mother regardless of what religeon says

And every living thing has a Mother but is not neccesarily a member of a religeous mutual consensus group.

In fact it was possibly the child of a Mother that thought all this up in the first place as well

Toverprins Zondag 14 Mei 2006

[edit] Date

According to the BBC website, Mothering Sunday in the UK is 26th March, not the 18th 194.176.105.40 15:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Oops. Wrong year. 194.176.105.40 15:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)