Mother's Day Vs. Mothering Sunday: Do You Know the Difference?

Did you ever wonder why Mother's Day in the United Kingdom and the United States are on different days?
Although they seem very similar now, they're actually completely different holidays with very different origins. Hundreds of years ago in Britain, it was a tradition that once a year, during Lent, people would worship at their "mother" church. Children in service or apprenticeships, some as young as 10, would be given this day off to go to their mother church with their families. This became known as "Mothering Sunday." Today in the UK, Mothering Sunday is just as commonly known as "Mother's Day." The Mother's Day concept in the U.S. started later, but grew in popularity and was observed in an increasing number of states as the years went on. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May would formally became the national holiday of "Mother's Day."