Презентация "День матери в США"

Mothering Sunday

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Учитель иностранного языка

Чеснокова Светлана Сергеевна

• The finest word in the world is MOTHER. Mothers love to her children is the most sacred feeling in the world.

What is  Mothering Sunday ?

• Mothering Sunday in the UK is the equivalent of  Mothers' Day in other countries .

M is for the mercy and possesses

O means that I owe her all I own.

T is for her tender sweet caresses.

H is for her hands that made a home.

E means everything she`s done to help me

R means real and regular, you see.

What happens on  Mothering Sunday in the UK ?

• Mothering Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a card.

Many churches give the children in the congregation a little bunch of spring flowers to give to their Mothers as a thank you for all their care and love throughout the year.

When is  Mothering Sunday ? Why is Mothering Sunday on different dates each year?

• Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day) is always the fourth Sunday of  Lent .
• Mothering Sunday is not a fixed day because it is always the middle Sunday in  Lent  (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday). This means that Mother's Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year and sometimes even fall in different months.
• Mothering Sunday has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in  Lent  since at least the 16th century.

The History

• The history of Mother's Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mother's Day.

Did you know?

•   Mothering Sunday is also sometimes know as Simnel Sunday because of the tradition of baking Simnel cakes.

Simnel Cake

• The most favoured cake was - as it still is in some families - was the 'simnel cake'. 

‘ I’ll to thee a Simnell bring ‘Gainst thou go’st a mothering, So that, when she blesseth thee, Half that blessing thou’lt give to me .’  Robert Herrick 1648

  Simnel Cake

• The Simnel cake is a fruit cake. A flat layer of marzipan (sugar almond paste) is placed on top of and decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ.
• It was not eaten on Mothering Sunday because of the rules of Lent, instead it was saved until Easter.
• A Simnel is still made in many parts of England today, although it is now more commonly made for and eaten on  Easter Day  .

How people celebrate Mothers Day in Russian ?

• In Russia Mothers day is celebrated since 1998. This holiday in Russia is marked on the last Sunday of November. The holidays purpose is to maintain traditions of the careful relations to the woman and to fix family foundations. In different countries this day is marked on various dates. Basically in the world Mothers Day is celebrated every second Sunday of May.

My Mom My mom is very special,

My mom is very kind,

My mom always tells me I'm special,

She's always on my mind.

My mom watches me grow,

My mom watches me cry,

Of course she'll always know,

She'll never have to tell me goodbye.

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