Mother's Day 2025: How will you be celebrating this year?
Ahead of Mother's Day, we want to hear why your mum is SO special and what you'll be doing to celebrate.Mother's Day, also known as Mothering Sunday, is a day celebrated in many countries around the world to honour mums and those who act as mother figures in people's lives. Newsround spoke to many children about what they'll be doing on the day, even if it's just telling the important women in their lives how much they mean to them.This year, it'll take place on Sunday 30 March 2025 - have you got a card ready? Let us know all about your amazing mums or mother figures - and your Mother's Day plans - in the comments below.
Mother's Day first came into being way back in the Middle Ages, around a thousand years ago.A custom developed of letting people return to their home towns to visit their church and their mum on the fourth Sunday of the Christian festival of Lent.Over time, this became Mothering Sunday in Britain, and later Mother's Day.Whether it's by giving flowers, making a cake, or simply saying what you mean in a card, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday.Let us know what you'll be doing in the comments.
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