![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/files\/2017\/04\/4-1.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Symbol<\/strong><\/em><\/span> What do people do on Mother’s day?<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Mother\u2019s Day falls on different days depending on the countries where it is celebrated. It is held on the second Sunday of May in many countries, such as Australia, Canada and the United States. It is held exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday in the United Kingdom. Sundays are usually non-school and non-working days in these countries.<\/p>\n Date<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Sunday, May 14<\/strong><\/span>, 2017 | all day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May. Background Early Mother’s Day celebrations can be dated back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,39,70],"tags":[739,1249,1714],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rideau-lakes","category-rideau-lakes-ontario","category-westport-ontario-events","tag-happy-mothers-day","tag-rideau-lakes-on","tag-westport-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEarly Mother’s Day celebrations can be dated back to the spring celebrations to honor Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, in ancient Greek civilization, according to some sources. Later, Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom was traditionally a day for people to visit the church where they were baptized, although it now also celebrates motherhood in modern times.<\/p>\n
\nEarly celebrations of Mother\u2019s Day originated from Canada\u2019s neighboring country, the United States. Carnations are a popular Mother’s Day symbol in both Canada and the United States. Some people may choose to wear a carnation as a brooch on Mother’s Day. However, other flowers are also given to mothers or mother figures to symbolize one\u2019s love and appreciation for them.<\/p>\n
\nMany people remember their mothers and mother figures on Mother\u2019s Day.
\nSome people give cards, flowers, or chocolates, and\/or make handmade items or special meals on Mother\u2019s Day. Others take their mothers or mother figures to the movies, a restaurant, caf\u00e9, or a day in a park. Some mothers and mother figures also receive special gifts such as jewelry, clothing, accessories, and gift vouchers for services or products.<\/p>\n