Brits Discover Why Mother's Day Date Shifts Yearly
March 15, 2026·about 8 hours ago·via Express.co.uk

Brits are buzzing about the cool reason UK Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday, isn't fixed like in the US - it lands on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter, so the date dances around each year. This 16th-century tradition started with folks heading back to their "mother church" for services, like the one where they were baptized or their local cathedral. Servants got the day off to visit family, and kids brought mom a special mothering cake, now the famous Simnel cake. Read more about this...
