Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-04-27 07:18:50 - Graham Ellis
What occurred for the first time this year on February 2nd in Greece, occurred in the UK on 22nd March and will happen in the USA on 10th May. The last occurrence of the year will be in Indonesia on 22nd December, and it will start up all over again in 2010.
I'm giving you the dates of Mother's Day / Mothering Sunday. For many years, I've know that the day happens in March in the UK, but in May in the USA ... and for all of those expats such as Lisa, there's something of a need to plan ahead / buy a card at the end of winter to post to mother in the USA in mid spring. (Have you ever tried asking for a mother's day card in even a specialised card shop in the UK in late April - you get the "you must be crazy" look!)
Blog and forum software usually includes calendar facilities, and those facilities often include an automated posting of public holidays and special days. You may wonder why on earth a post about Mother's day turns up in late April. Well - it's two weeks to go to the American one, and our distinctly British First Great Western Coffeeshop proudly announced the forthcoming event on the other side of the Atlantic this morning, and one of our keen eyed moderators tipped my the wink that the SMF software was letting out the secret of its country of origin.