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pluc
23 days ago
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Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
Yeah I learned that today! I wonder what's the reason behind the difference.
nickt
23 days ago
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In the UK (and a few other places) it’s “Mothering Sunday”, the day you honour the church where you were baptised, or your mother church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday
pluc
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Well that just seems like a completely different thing that share a few letters
codeulike
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I'm in the UK and I've never heard of that definition of it (being to do with churches), maybe thats a very ancient definiton
disgruntledphd2
22 days ago
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That's how the date is determined, it's the third Sunday of Lent, "mothering sunday". Hence why the date changes every year (as the dates of Lent move because Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Equinox).
Biganon
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Add a few more letters and you get my favorite day of the year
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