In many countries around the world, June is a special month for popes. They are presented gifts, devote poems, endow high attention and gratitude. The reason for this is the celebration of the International Father's Day. It is he who has been actively and universally celebrated for hundreds of years by people of different nationalities.
History of the holiday Father's Day
The popularity of this celebration began in the distant 1910. But the official status he was awarded only in 1966, when it was approved by then-President Lyndon Jones. The very idea of the appearance of the celebration arose in the ordinary American Sonora Smart Dodd. With her desire she wanted to express her gratitude, respect and admiration to her father. He himself raised six children after his wife suddenly died. Sonora asked the president to approve the celebration of Father's Day, in order to try to draw the attention of society to the huge role of the popes in the life and development of children.
Events for Father's Day
Each country honors dads according to its traditions and beliefs. For example, Canada meets this holiday with a lot of contests, educational excursions, sports rallies and runs in which both parents and children can participate. As a rule, information on events is disclosed in advance through the media.
On the third Sunday in June, China also celebrates Father's Day, during which all honors are reserved for the oldest men. There is an opinion that the family will be very happy when representatives of several generations live in it. According to the teachings of Confucius, if children constantly show signs of attention to people of advanced age, the latter will be healthy not only physically, but spiritually.
Australians celebrate Father's Day on the first Sunday of September. Men receive a gift from their children for various crafts, chocolate, flowers, ties and other signs of attention. As a rule, the celebration begins with a festive breakfast, which smoothly flows into hikes, picnics , active games and walks to the amusement park.
In Finland, Father's Day is celebrated for half a century, but this date falls on November 5. The idea and concept of the holiday Finns "borrowed" from the Americans. Therefore, on this day many national flags flap national flags, children prepare presents and surprises for their fathers, and mothers help them to bake a festive cake. It is also customary to remember those fathers and grandfathers who went to another world and light candles on their graves.
Germany timed the celebration of Father's Day on the Day of the Ascension of the Lord, namely, on May 21st. Beginning in 1936, it was a good tradition to gather a strictly male company and carry out long bike trips outside the city, gatherings in bars or kayak descents. Gradually, all this evolved into family gatherings at a festive table or picnick raids. Traditionally, the housewives and their children prepare national dishes for beer. A highlight of the celebration of Father's Day in Germany is the presence in every bar or pub of a special wheelbarrow for especially "celebrated" fathers.
In Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on the 19th of March and coincides with the celebration of Saint Giuseppe's Day. As a rule, near the churches are set tables with treats for the poor.
When celebrating Father's Day in Russia, it is customary to honor all men without exception. However, the holiday is common in several regions of the country.
Many are tormented by the problem of what to give to a man on his father's day. In fact, men need a little: attention, love, care and respect.