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The merchants recognized the tendency to parody and satirize the holiday, and used it to their benefit by mocking the holiday on the same advertisements where they promoted the gifts for fathers.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> People felt compelled to buy gifts even though they saw through the commercial façade, and the custom of giving gifts on that day became progressively more accepted.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> By 1937 the Father's Day Council calculated that only one father in six had received a present on that day.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> However, by the 1980s, the Council proclaimed that they had achieved their goal: the one-day event had become a three-week commercial event, a "second [[Christmas]]".<ref name="leigh popularity">Leigh, 1997, p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=maF8mTPsJqsC&pg=PA284&vq=father's+day&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 284-289].</ref> Its executive director explained back in 1949 that, without the coordinated efforts of the Council and of the groups supporting it, the holiday would have disappeared.<ref name="leigh popularity" />
The merchants recognized the tendency to parody and satirize the holiday, and used it to their benefit by mocking the holiday on the same advertisements where they promoted the gifts for fathers.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> People felt compelled to buy gifts even though they saw through the commercial façade, and the custom of giving gifts on that day became progressively more accepted.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> By 1937 the Father's Day Council calculated that only one father in six had received a present on that day.<ref name="leigh popularity" /> However, by the 1980s, the Council proclaimed that they had achieved their goal: the one-day event had become a three-week commercial event, a "second [[Christmas]]".<ref name="leigh popularity">Leigh, 1997, p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=maF8mTPsJqsC&pg=PA284&vq=father's+day&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 284-289].</ref> Its executive director explained back in 1949 that, without the coordinated efforts of the Council and of the groups supporting it, the holiday would have disappeared.<ref name="leigh popularity" />

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Father's Day
Observed byMany countries
TypeHistorical
DateVaries regionally
Related toMother's Day, Parents' Day, Children's Day

Father's Day is a day honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in 52 of the world's countries and on other days elsewhere. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers.

History

Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting. It is also celebrated to honor and commemorate our fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, special dinners to fathers, and family-oriented activities. The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on June 19, 1910 through the efforts of Sonora Dodd. Ms. Dodd is from Spokane, Washington.

Sonora Smart Dodd of Washington thought independently of the holiday one Sunday in 1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church at Spokane.[1] She wanted a celebration that honored fathers that were like her own father, William Smart. He was a Civil War veteran, his wife died when Sonora was 16 and he had to take care of all six children.[2]

On June 19, 1910, she arranged a tribute for her father in Spokane.[2] She had previously enlisted in 1909 the help of the Spokane Ministerial association, and young members of the YMCA went to church wearing roses: a red rose to honor a living father, and a white rose to honor a deceased one.[2] Dodd travelled through the city in a closed carriage, carrying gifts to shut-in[clarification needed] fathers.[2] She was the first to solicit the idea of having an official Father's Day observance to honor all fathers.

It took many years to make the holiday official. In spite of support from the YWCA, the YMCA and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing from the calendar.[3] Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiasm, Father's Day was met with laughter.[3] The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but for the wrong reasons. It was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper Spokesman-Review.[3] Many people saw it as just the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions like "Grandparents' Day", "Professional Secretaries' Day", etc., all the way down to "National Clean Your Desk Day."[3]

A bill was introduced in 1913.[4] In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak in a Father's Day celebration and wanted to make it official, but the Congress resisted, fearing that it would be commercialized.[2] US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the celebration was held, .[5] and a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday.[6] Other two bills to introduce the holiday were defeated.[5] In 1957 Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a proposal accusing the congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our own parents"[5] In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson made a proclamation for third Sunday of June to be Father's Day,[2] but it wasn't made an official national holiday until President Nixon made a proclamation in 1972.[2][5]

In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 for men and boys who are not fathers.

Commercialization

The Associated Men's Wear Retailers formed a National Father's Day Committee in New York City in the 1930s, which was renamed in 1938 to National Council for the Promotion of Father's Day and incorporated several other trade groups.[6] This council had the goals of legitimizing the holiday in the mind of the people and managing the holiday as a commercial event in a more systematic way, in order to boost the sales during the holiday.[6] This council always had the support of Dodd, who had no problem with the commercialization of the holiday and endorsed several promotions to increase the amount of gifts.[7] In this aspect she can be considered the opposite of Anna Jarvis, who actively opposed all commercialization of Mother's Day.[7]

The merchants recognized the tendency to parody and satirize the holiday, and used it to their benefit by mocking the holiday on the same advertisements where they promoted the gifts for fathers.[8] People felt compelled to buy gifts even though they saw through the commercial façade, and the custom of giving gifts on that day became progressively more accepted.[8] By 1937 the Father's Day Council calculated that only one father in six had received a present on that day.[8] However, by the 1980s, the Council proclaimed that they had achieved their goal: the one-day event had become a three-week commercial event, a "second Christmas".[8] Its executive director explained back in 1949 that, without the coordinated efforts of the Council and of the groups supporting it, the holiday would have disappeared.[8]

Spelling

Although the name of the event is usually understood as a plural possessive (i.e. "day belonging to fathers"), which would under normal English punctuation guidelines be spelled "Fathers' Day", the most common spelling is "Father's Day", as if it were a singular possessive (i.e. "day belonging to Father"). Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday,[1] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the US Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday,[4] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.[9]

Dates around the world

The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.

Gregorian calendar
Definition Sample dates Country

January 6

Serbia Serbia ("Paterice")*

February 23

Russia Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day)*

March 19

Andorra Andorra (Dia del Pare)
Bolivia Bolivia
Honduras Honduras[10]

Italy Italy (Festa del Papà)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein

Portugal Portugal (Dia do Pai)
Spain Spain (Día del Padre, Dia del Pare, Día do Pai) Antwerp Province Antwerp (Belgium)

Second Sunday of May

May 14, 2023
May 12, 2024
May 11, 2025

Romania România (Ziua Tatălui)

May 8

South Korea South Korea (Parents' Day)

Third Sunday of May

May 21, 2023
May 19, 2024
May 18, 2025

Tonga Tonga

Ascension Day

May 21, 2009
May 13, 2010

Germany Germany

First Sunday of June

June 4, 2023
June 2, 2024
June 1, 2025
June 7, 2026

Lithuania Lithuania (Tevo diena)

June 5 (Constitution Day)

Denmark Denmark

Second Sunday of June

June 11, 2023
June 9, 2024
June 8, 2025

Austria Austria
Belgium Belgium

Third Sunday of June

June 18, 2023
June 16, 2024
June 15, 2025
June 21, 2026

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua
Argentina Argentina[11]
The Bahamas Bahamas
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Barbados Barbados
Belize Belize
Bermuda Bermuda
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Canada Canada
Chile Chile
China People's Republic of China**

Colombia Colombia
Costa Rica Costa Rica[12]
Cuba Cuba[13]
Cyprus Cyprus
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Ecuador Ecuador
Ethiopia Ethiopia
France France
Ghana Ghana
Greece Greece

Guyana Guyana
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Hungary Hungary
India India
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Jamaica Jamaica
Japan Japan
Malaysia Malaysia
Malta Malta
Mauritius Mauritius

Mexico Mexico[14]
Myanmar Myanmar
Netherlands Netherlands
Pakistan Pakistan
Panama Panama[15]
Paraguay Paraguay
Peru Peru[16]
Philippines Philippines[17]
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Slovakia
South Africa South Africa
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Switzerland Switzerland
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey Turkey
Ukraine Ukraine
United Kingdom United Kingdom

United States United States
Venezuela Venezuela
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

June 17

El Salvador El Salvador[18] Guatemala Guatemala[19]

June 21

Egypt Egypt Lebanon Lebanon Jordan Jordan Syria Syria Uganda Uganda

June 23

Nicaragua Nicaragua Poland Poland

Last Sunday of June

June 28, 2009
June 27, 2010

Haiti Haiti[20]

Second Sunday of July

July 9, 2023
July 14, 2024
July 13, 2025

Uruguay Uruguay

Last Sunday of July

July 26, 2009
July 25, 2010

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

Second Sunday of August

August 13, 2023
August 11, 2024
August 10, 2025

Brazil Brazil
Samoa Samoa

August 8

Taiwan Taiwan

First Sunday of September

September 3, 2023
September 1, 2024
September 7, 2025

Australia Australia
Fiji Fiji
New Zealand New Zealand
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Bwaako Mukh Herne Din बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन (कुशे औंशी)

August 20, 2009

Nepal Nepal

First Sunday of October

October 1, 2023
October 6, 2024
October 5, 2025

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Second Sunday of November

November 12, 2023
November 10, 2024
November 9, 2025

Estonia Estonia
Finland Finland
Iceland Iceland

Norway Norway
Sweden Sweden

December 5

Thailand Thailand

December 26

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Islam calendar
Definition Sample dates Country

13 Rajab

June 18, 2008

Iran Iran[21][22] Pakistan Pakistan

*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrate people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well.[citation needed]
**In China (under the title of Republic of China, still under Nationalist rule at the time), Father's Day on August 8 was first held in Shanghai in 1945.

International history and traditions

In a few Catholic countries, it is celebrated on the Feast of St. Joseph.[citation needed]

Argentina

Father's Day in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of June, but there have been several attempts to change the date to August 24, to commemorate the day on which the "Father of the Nation" José de San Martín became a father.[11]

In 1953 the proposal to celebrate Father's Day in all educational establishments on August 24, in honor of José de San Martín, was raised to the General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Province. The day was celebrated for the first time in 1958, on the third Sunday of June, but it was not included in the school calendars due to pressure from several groups.[23]

Schools in the Mendoza Province continued to celebrate Father's Day on August 24, and, in 1982, the Provincial Governor passed a law declaring Father's Day in the province to be celebrated on that day.[23]

In 2004, several proposals to change the date to August 24 were presented to the Argentine Camara de Diputados as a single, unified project.[23] After being approved, the project was passed to the Senate of Argentina for final review and approval. The Senate changed the proposed new date to the third Sunday of August, and scheduled the project for approval. However, the project was never addressed during the Senate's planned session, which caused its ultimate failure.[24]

Australia

In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica the Unidad Social Cristiana party presented a bill to change the celebration of the day from the third Sunday of June to 19 March, the day of Saint Joseph.[25] That was in order to give tribute to this saint, who gave the name to the capital of the country San José, Costa Rica, and so family heads will be able to celebrate the Father's Day at the same time as the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.[12] The official date is still third Sunday of June.

Germany

Hiking/drinking tour on Herrentag

In Germany, Father's Day (Vatertag) is celebrated differently from other parts of the world.[26][27] It is always celebrated on Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called men's day, Männertag, or gentlemen's day, Herrentag. It is tradition to do a males-only hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, Bollerwagen, pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer (according to region) and traditional regional food, Hausmannskost, which could be Saumagen, Leberwurst (Liverwurst), Blutwurst (Blood Sausage), vegetables, eggs, etc. Many men will use this holiday to get very drunk, so usually groups of drunk people roam the streets all day.[27] These traditions are probably rooted in Christian Ascension Day's processions to the farmlands,[28][29] some of which reportedly took on the character of drinking sprees as early as in the 17th century.[28] In the streets of urban regions, especially Berlin, "gentlemen parties" take place since the 19th century, excluding women and going along with alcohol consumption.[28] However, several fathers also spend the day with their families and refrain from getting drunk.[28][29]

Hindu Tradition

In Hindu tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on the new moon day during the second week of August. This is common among countries with Hindu majorities like in Nepal.

New Zealand

In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.

The Philippines

In the Philippines, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but is widely observed on the 3rd Sunday of June. Most Filipinos born in the 1960s and 1970s did not celebrate Father's day but due to being under the influence of the United States as seen on television, the Filipinos most likely imitate this tradition and other American holidays. The advent of the internet also helps in promoting this holiday to the Filipinos.

Roman Catholic tradition

In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration.[30]

Singapore

In Singapore, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June but is not a public holiday.

Taiwan

In Taiwan, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but is widely observed on August 8, the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. In Mandarin Chinese, the pronunciation of the number 8 is . This pronunciation is very similar to the character "爸" "bà", which means "Papa" or "father". The Taiwanese, therefore, usually call August 8 by its nickname, "Bābā Day" (爸爸節).

Thailand

In Thailand, Father's Day is set as the birthday of the king. December 5 is the birthday of the current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). Thais celebrate by giving their father or grandfather a Canna flower (Dok put ta ruk sa) which is considered to be a masculine flower. Thai people will wear yellow on this day to show respect for the king. This is because yellow is the Color of the day for Monday, the day on which king Bhumibol Adulyadej was born.

It first gained nation wide popularity in the 1980s as part of the campaign by Prime Minister of Thailand Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand's Royal family. Mother's Day is celebrated on the birthday of Queen Sirikit,[31] August 12.

United States of America

In the US, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.[32] Other festivities honoring fathers had been held in Fairmont and in Creston, but the modern holiday did not emerge from those.[citation needed]

Modern Father's Day was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington, who was also the driving force behind its establishment. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in Spokane, Washington.[1] She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA, at the Spokane YMCA.[citation needed]

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.[citation needed]

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.

Antecedent

The first modern celebration of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton chose the Sunday nearest to the birthday of her father, Methodist minister Fletcher Golden. The city was overwhelmed by other events and the celebration was never promoted outside of the town itself and no proclamation was made in the City Council. Two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day in 4 July, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16 year old girl on 4 July, that became known on 5 July. The local church and Council were overwhelmed and they didn't even think of promoting the event, and it wasn't celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced in press and it was lost. Additionally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event or even talked to other persons about it.[33][34][35]

Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, and on December of that year the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested her pastor Robert Thomas Webb to honor all those fathers.[33][34][35]

Clayton also might have been inspired by Anna Jarvis' crusade to establish Mother's Day; two months prior, Jarvis had held a celebration for her dead mother in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) away from Fairmont.[33]

See also

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