Happy Mother's Day

[Arilyn]

Happy Mother's Day to all the geeky moms out there. Forget the flowers, I received a lovely dice box and dice (that have flowers and bees on them.)

 

[Morrus]

Eh? Oh I always forget it’s on a different day in America!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Eh? Oh I always forget it’s on a different day in America!

We also swap the UK placement of Tuesdays and Thursdays.

 

[Tonguez]

It was Mothers day in NZ, Australia and Canada too - when is UK mothers day?

 

[Arilyn]

UK celebrates it on March 30. I looked it up. In Canada, it's nice to have it in May, so we're not still covered in snow.

 

[Morrus]

UK celebrates it on March 30. I looked it up.

No we don’t. It changes every year—the Sunday before Easter.

Mother's Day - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Arilyn]

No we don’t. It changes every year—the Sunday before Easter.

Ahh, of course. Sorry. I just looked at a date. Ours changes too so it's on second Sunday in May. Just stupid brain glitch. I like Sun before Easter.

 

[Morrus]

Oooh I found a helpful infographic!

 

[Tonguez]

Interesting that UK Mothering Sunday is a religious feast day supporting the Mother Church whereas the rest of the Commonwealth follows the secular US tradition.

Funny how these things happen

 

[Morrus]

Interesting that UK Mothering Sunday is a religious feast day supporting the Mother Church

Well, it may have started that way, but it's certainly not how it's treated in the mainstream today.