Know how to spell what you celebrate

Is it Mothers’ Day today? Or Mother’s Day? Or Mothers Day maybe? In Hungarian, there is no dilemma around the spelling of Anyák napja. In English, however, hyphenation raises a question. We have found out about it and put a link in our blog post, in case you have any doubt about that hyphen...

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, most commonly in March or May. Norwegian Mothers are celebrated as early as the second Sunday of February, while in Indonesia, they wait until 22nd December to celebrate it.

If you want to know how and when Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world and how long we have had Mother’s Day in our calendar, not to mention the mystery of why and where to place that hyphen:

ℹ  click on our the links below:

https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/mothers-day/

https://www.writing-skills.com/mothers-day-or-mothers-day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day#ann-reeves-jarvis-and-julia-ward-howe

And if you are looking for some beautiful Mothers’ Day poems in a carefully made collection and acquire some background knowledge about the authors, we recommend Interesting Literature dot com’s selection:

https://interestingliterature.com/2017/03/10-of-the-best-poems-about-mothers

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