Mothers should be thanked and celebrated every day. If you look into calendars of different countries, you will find a day dedicated to Mothers as early as the second Sunday of February (in Norway) and 9 days before the end of the year, on 22nd December, Mothers are celebrated in Indonesia. Most commonly, you will find this day in the calendar in March or May around the world.
Is it Mothers’ Day today? Or Mother’s Day? Or Mothers Day maybe?
In Hungarian, there is no dilemma around the spelling. 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 .
If you want to know how and when we celebrate Mothers around the world and how long we have had this 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
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