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> On Fri, 9 May 2014 11:42:07 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>>>>It is different in various places We had Mothering Sunday here a few
>>>>weeks ago, but today I received a card from daughter who lives in
>>>>Germany
>>>>Theirs is on Sunday
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>>> Here it is next Sunday but I find it repugnant, just another big
>>> marketing ploy like Xmas.
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>>Yes but its origins is 'Mothering Sunday' and I think of it as that
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> Yes Mothering Sunday was completely different, hardly a marketing
> ploy. I seem to recall it consisted of just visiting, spending time
> with your mother and picking her a posy of primroses from the
> hedgerow.

It was really the day for mothers to visit their Mother Church. Then it
also became a time when girls in service were give that day off each year to
visit their mothers A day to appreciate mothers it a good thing

> For Mothers Day here it is amazing what absurdities they can label as
> ideal for Mothers Day. Basically there are three overblown days,
> Xmas, Valentines (the original meaning of that completely lost in
> marketing!) and Mothers Day.

Same here but I ignore all that. They will latch onto anything to make
money!

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