Celebrating Mother's Day
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When is Mother's Day Celebrated?
Mother's Days are celebrated on various days of the year in
different countries because they have a number of different origins.
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of
mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship — which kept a
festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of
Cronus — was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. In
United States and many other countries, Mother's Day is celebrated
on the Second Sunday of May.
Mother's Day
Dates
2006: May 14
2007: May 13 2008: May 11
2009: May 10
2010: May 9
2011: May 8
2012: May 13
See Also:
Mother's Day Dates in Different
Countries
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