Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Father's Day

The very beautiful festival of Father's Day is celebrated with lot of happiness and enthusiasm in places around the world. The date and manner of celebrations differ from one place to another, but all celebrate it with great pleasure. All people take this opportunity to thanks their father and to show how much they love and respect them. This makes them an opportunity to appreciate the selfless care and protection they gave their child and hence they come emotionally close to their heart. Fathers day make them feel that their contributions are acknowledged in society and also by children.

Father’s day was formed in memory of a daughter (Sonora Dodd) who loves her father very much; she gave the idea of celebrating father’s day while she was attending a mother’s day celebration. Many countries celebrate father’s day on third Sunday of the month of June. New Zealand, Australia celebrate it on first Sunday of the month of June, Belgium celebrates on second Sunday of June. Portugal and Spain on march 19, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Scandinavia on second Sunday of the month of November , Brazil on second Sunday in the month of august and Germany on Ascension day.

Easy way to celebrate is to wake him up with his favorite breakfast in his bed along with a bouquet of fresh flowers, a card, and a gift of love. After that, accompany him to a picnic or for a treat in restaurant you can also call some relatives and friends to celebrate it. In present days Father’s day have been commercialized to a great extend. Gift makers and card sellers will do all things days before it. Father’s day celebration takes place as in the same manner in other countries. Treat in a restaurant is very common in that day in India. Flowers other gifts, cards etc are also used by the children to show their affection. Many schools and cultural societies also organize cultural program and it’s for inspiring the children to pay respect and love to their father.

Carnations are regarded as the traditional flower of Mother’s Day, similarly the very beautiful and king of all flowers, rose, and were selected as the traditional and symbolic flower for Father's Day. Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the founder of Father's Day Festival, gave the idea of rose as the father’s day flower. People follow the custom of wearing rose on Father's Day to show love and affection for their father. Lily is also regarded as the symbolic flower for Father's Day. There exist a custom to show love and affection for father with a bouquet of flowers. Though rose is preferred for this, bouquets of other flowers are also given as a gift.

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