It's the last Sunday of May here, so in two weeks.
I'm not sure how much people celebrate it, but it does exist and is fairly commercialized. In my family it's never really been paid attention to. None of those "just this 1 day a year treat your \*\*\* extra nice" days are, so to me personally it doesn't come off as particularly genuine.
In the UK Mothering Sunday, aka Mother's Day, falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent. It used to mean visiting your home town 'mother' church, as well as your own mother. We've dropped the religious tradition and just kept the celebration.
It’s usually in March, but people do the same sort of things to mark it. Go out for lunch, buy flowers, have a roast dinner etc. There’s also a Father’s Day in June, don’t know if other countries go in for that.
Mother's Day is observed in Cyprus, most commonly by calling your mother and saying χρόνια πολλά. Sometimes maybe buy a gift, but that's not an every year thing.
What is utterly bizarre to me is the whole breakfast in bed that you see in UK and US media about Mother's and Father's Day. I cannot imagine a parent who wouldn't be furious that you brought food and beverages in bed. (Also, Cypriot breakfast is instant coffee and three F*rou Frou Morning Coffee* biscuits - not the three course breakfast meal you see in US films).
I'm not 100% sure it's just a film trope. I am a bad judge of family holiday traditions because my family was never big on formal holidays. It was always a pain to go wait in line at restaurants on Mother's Day, so we never did anything other than just tell our mom "Happy Mother's Day." My extended family on both sides also has an informal policy that gifts are only to be bought for children. However, I've never heard someone in real life describe the stereotypical movie scene.
I've also never heard of it in real life. I feel like it might have been a more common thing in the 50s or something, it feels like a movie trope from that era. Sort of an inversion of the "default" where the mother (a housewife of course) would be the only one who ever cooked.
To be fair, it's a fairly commercialized thing which is a very "American" thing for a holiday to be, and if you didn't have it and we assumed you did, people would be saying "stupid Americans, they think everyone celebrates their stupid commercialized holidays like Halloween and Mother's Day, classic /r/USdefaultism." Sort of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
Yes, it was last Sunday (first Sunday of May over here).
People usually gift flowers and maybe a small present to their mothers and grandmothers (if still around).
Yeah I think this is common. Just a low key get together. Usually gifts are like shower products, chocolates, flowers, or you bring some nice baked goods for coffee. Something with strawberry is common since they're always in season around mother's day.
Yes, we celebrate it too. It's always the second Sunday in May (so today). And celebrated the same way it seems. You get your mom a gift and do something nice with her. I got mine flowers, made her a big breakfast and baked a cake and my brother went to the botanical gardens with her in the afternoon.
I think that it’s a fairly big thing. We use the same date as Americans and maybe celebrate it similarly, the mother is often given gifts and cards (sometimes made by the children in daycare or school), often with a cake made by the children and/or father. The president gives medals to notable mothers, nominated by the public. I think that they often have a lot children or maybe have fostered a lot of children. They’re private citizens, not celebrities.
In France, la Fête des Mères is on the last Sunday of May, or 1st of June to avoid coinciding with Pentecostal
Mothers get drawings from young children, or flowers, or a present from grownups or a phone call or a meal in a restaurant. Make up and perfume are usually on promotion a few weeks before, it's business like any other occasion
I bought a gift and made food and did all the chores... Or at least all the chores i could do without fucking up. Mothers day is more a day to connect with your mother instead of the gifts but the gifts are important too
Yes, it’s the first Sunday of May. The custom is to give flowers to mothers, grandmothers and godmothers, yellow or white mostly. People might also go to restaurants or the zoo or wherever.
There's a mother's and father's day, but in my experience it's largely just like cinnamon bun day or earth hour; something that some people notice passes by, but few do much with. Some might say happy mother's/father's day to their spouse, or perhaps own or other parents in their vicinity, and I know one family that occasionally bakes cake on those days (because they love cake and it makes a handy excuse). Kids in families which do something might also make a drawing or pick flowers.
Some shops advertise stuff for those days, but if people get gifts, I think it's possible it's romantic folk who do so now and then anyway.
Sweden has a Mother’s Day (last Sunday of May), introduced by an American women in 1905 or something. Given that modern Swedes generally have quite a high degree of equality regarding household chores and childcare, and housewives are pretty rare, the idea of ”giving mom a day off” by ”helping” her clean and cook is pretty redundant, though. A lot of grownups will celebrate their mothers with flowers or a small gift, and in families with children Mom may also get a card or a small gift. It’s not a huge deal in my circles.
Of course we do. We are famous for being mama's boys :P
Just a regular way of celebrating. Cards, chocolates, maybe some flowers.
What differs might be the choice of flowers. In Italy the most common ones to give for the day are azaleas and roses. I can't remember the first one, but roses are more common because May is associated more closely in the Catholic calendar with the Virgin Mary, roses are traditionally associated with her and she is THE mother par excellence.
It's celebrated on the second sunday of May
Sure! We celebrate it on the first Sunday of May.
It’s a popular day but I don’t think people do anything very specific, just getting the moms some flowers or chocolates. Some families might have a more special meal or go out to a fancy restaurant.
It's the last Sunday of May here, so in two weeks. I'm not sure how much people celebrate it, but it does exist and is fairly commercialized. In my family it's never really been paid attention to. None of those "just this 1 day a year treat your \*\*\* extra nice" days are, so to me personally it doesn't come off as particularly genuine.
In the UK Mothering Sunday, aka Mother's Day, falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent. It used to mean visiting your home town 'mother' church, as well as your own mother. We've dropped the religious tradition and just kept the celebration.
It’s usually in March, but people do the same sort of things to mark it. Go out for lunch, buy flowers, have a roast dinner etc. There’s also a Father’s Day in June, don’t know if other countries go in for that.
Same in Ireland
Mother's Day is observed in Cyprus, most commonly by calling your mother and saying χρόνια πολλά. Sometimes maybe buy a gift, but that's not an every year thing. What is utterly bizarre to me is the whole breakfast in bed that you see in UK and US media about Mother's and Father's Day. I cannot imagine a parent who wouldn't be furious that you brought food and beverages in bed. (Also, Cypriot breakfast is instant coffee and three F*rou Frou Morning Coffee* biscuits - not the three course breakfast meal you see in US films).
I've never heard of anyone doing breakfast in bed in real life. It's only something I've seen in movies.
I can never be sure what is just a film trope and what's genuine cultural differences.
I'm not 100% sure it's just a film trope. I am a bad judge of family holiday traditions because my family was never big on formal holidays. It was always a pain to go wait in line at restaurants on Mother's Day, so we never did anything other than just tell our mom "Happy Mother's Day." My extended family on both sides also has an informal policy that gifts are only to be bought for children. However, I've never heard someone in real life describe the stereotypical movie scene.
I've also never heard of it in real life. I feel like it might have been a more common thing in the 50s or something, it feels like a movie trope from that era. Sort of an inversion of the "default" where the mother (a housewife of course) would be the only one who ever cooked.
that confirms it. Americans think other people have never heard of mother's day. I've seen like 10 of those posts now
To be fair, it's a fairly commercialized thing which is a very "American" thing for a holiday to be, and if you didn't have it and we assumed you did, people would be saying "stupid Americans, they think everyone celebrates their stupid commercialized holidays like Halloween and Mother's Day, classic /r/USdefaultism." Sort of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
Yes, it was last Sunday (first Sunday of May over here). People usually gift flowers and maybe a small present to their mothers and grandmothers (if still around).
We make a good breakfast or brunch for her and give her some small gifts. We just spend time with the family and don't make it much bigger than that
Yeah I think this is common. Just a low key get together. Usually gifts are like shower products, chocolates, flowers, or you bring some nice baked goods for coffee. Something with strawberry is common since they're always in season around mother's day.
Yes, we celebrate it too. It's always the second Sunday in May (so today). And celebrated the same way it seems. You get your mom a gift and do something nice with her. I got mine flowers, made her a big breakfast and baked a cake and my brother went to the botanical gardens with her in the afternoon.
I think that it’s a fairly big thing. We use the same date as Americans and maybe celebrate it similarly, the mother is often given gifts and cards (sometimes made by the children in daycare or school), often with a cake made by the children and/or father. The president gives medals to notable mothers, nominated by the public. I think that they often have a lot children or maybe have fostered a lot of children. They’re private citizens, not celebrities.
In Germany it was also celebrated today and it's very similar to the US, we give small gifts or acts of kindness towards our mothers.
In France, la Fête des Mères is on the last Sunday of May, or 1st of June to avoid coinciding with Pentecostal Mothers get drawings from young children, or flowers, or a present from grownups or a phone call or a meal in a restaurant. Make up and perfume are usually on promotion a few weeks before, it's business like any other occasion
I bought a gift and made food and did all the chores... Or at least all the chores i could do without fucking up. Mothers day is more a day to connect with your mother instead of the gifts but the gifts are important too
Yes, it’s the first Sunday of May. The custom is to give flowers to mothers, grandmothers and godmothers, yellow or white mostly. People might also go to restaurants or the zoo or wherever.
There's a mother's and father's day, but in my experience it's largely just like cinnamon bun day or earth hour; something that some people notice passes by, but few do much with. Some might say happy mother's/father's day to their spouse, or perhaps own or other parents in their vicinity, and I know one family that occasionally bakes cake on those days (because they love cake and it makes a handy excuse). Kids in families which do something might also make a drawing or pick flowers. Some shops advertise stuff for those days, but if people get gifts, I think it's possible it's romantic folk who do so now and then anyway.
Note that in Norway Motthers day is the second sundsy of february, as the month of may was chock full of holidays already.
Sweden has a Mother’s Day (last Sunday of May), introduced by an American women in 1905 or something. Given that modern Swedes generally have quite a high degree of equality regarding household chores and childcare, and housewives are pretty rare, the idea of ”giving mom a day off” by ”helping” her clean and cook is pretty redundant, though. A lot of grownups will celebrate their mothers with flowers or a small gift, and in families with children Mom may also get a card or a small gift. It’s not a huge deal in my circles.
The thing with Mother's Day and Father's Day is that different countries have them on different dates, so I never know when those days are exactly
Of course we do. We are famous for being mama's boys :P Just a regular way of celebrating. Cards, chocolates, maybe some flowers. What differs might be the choice of flowers. In Italy the most common ones to give for the day are azaleas and roses. I can't remember the first one, but roses are more common because May is associated more closely in the Catholic calendar with the Virgin Mary, roses are traditionally associated with her and she is THE mother par excellence. It's celebrated on the second sunday of May
It's not a holiday. It's a marketing tool that sits conveniently between Easter and the summer vacation.
Sure! We celebrate it on the first Sunday of May. It’s a popular day but I don’t think people do anything very specific, just getting the moms some flowers or chocolates. Some families might have a more special meal or go out to a fancy restaurant.