History of the gift - Father's Day

Father's Day is the only time of year our attention is focused on our fathers. It is usually celebrated by the father of gifts and family planning a day of family-oriented activities

The Roman Catholic Church celebrates Father's Day Saint Joseph is March 19. To date falls during Lent, the Church could not celebrate as a holiday. Many people believe that a secular holiday to celebrate the fathers was necessary.

The first modernFather's Day celebration held in July 15, 1908 in Fairmont, West Virginia. This first celebration may have been inspired by a tragedy. In December 1907 a mine explosion killed 361 men near Monongah, most of whom were fathers. Then, May 10, 1908 was the first celebration of Mother's Day near Grafton, West Virginia, instead. One woman named Grace Golden Clayton suggested its top local pastors, their church to commemorate the fallen fathers with a party sowhat the mothers had been given.

Another supporter of Father's Day was Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children of one father, Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart in Spokane, Washington was raised. The first of these celebrations, 19 Held in June of 1908 (which also happens that the third Sunday of June). Although Day sponsored by President Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge, his father was recognized as a holiday until 1966, when President Lyndon B.Johnson took the third Sunday of June as the date for this celebration. It 'was in 1972 when President Richard Nixon finally an official holiday.

In the U.S., Father's Day is usually celebrated with a barbecue and other outdoor activities. Most people give their father gifts or gift baskets based on a baseball theme that he likes to golf and so on. In other countries vary the celebrations and the method in which these countries to get the dateFather's Day.

In Germany, Father's Day is celebrated on Ascension Day, which, if the Thursday forty days after Easter. The celebration consists of small cars that are pulled and pulled out of workers at the sites chosen for the activity. These cars are in wine, beer, loaded, and traditional German dishes such as liver sausage and blood sausage. After a toast to fathers who are present, the party begins to run until early morningor sometimes even until the next day.

In Taiwan, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but as a rule, observed on 8 What month is August, the eighth day of the eighth. In Mandarin (the language of Taiwan), the spoken word for the number "eight" is similar to the word 'father' is slightly different pronunciation of the word BA. Sun, August 8 is generally known as Baba Day.

Thailand, the celebration of Father's Day is based onKing's birthday present. Today King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is also known as Rama IX. King has since 9 June 1946, making him the longest reigning monarch in Thai history has been. Since his birthday is December 5th, the years since the date for Father's Day in Thailand over sixty. When the king dies, it is strange for most of his people to celebrate this holiday on a different date than most of them have never seen at any other time. It isSpeculation that December is the fifth future, the final date for Father's Day in Thailand.