If you live in the United States, Father's Day is just around the corner, celebrated on June 17th this year. Father's Day calls for a celebration, including great Father's Day gifts for your special guy. Father's Day gift baskets make a wonderful addition to your dad's happy day, because they can be personalized to exactly what he will enjoy. In the United States we celebrate Father's Day with gifts and a great meal, but it can vary throughout the world. Here are few of the ways that Father's Day is celebrated around the world.
In countries where the Catholic Church plays an important cultural role, Father's Day is celebrated on the Catholic's St. Joseph's Day, which is March 19th. Some countries also have a non-religious holiday to honor fathers, so in certain areas fathers get to celebrate, if they so choose, on not one but two days of the year.
The United States always celebrates Father's Day on the third Sunday in June. Other countries that also follow that tradition include Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Some Nordic countries, such as Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden celebrate on the second Sunday in November. Taiwan is unique in that they celebrate on August 8th. This is because in Mandarin dialect the numbers for that month and date sound the same as their word for "father," and so this is the date they selected.
One Father's Day tradition that you might not have heard about is the wearing of roses. People on Father's Day will wear red roses to signify that their father is alive, while others will wear a white rose to show that he has died.
Familiar Father's Day traditions include the giving of cards and chocolates, along with other gifts that show your affection for your father. There are often family reunions that revolve around the holiday, so that the entire family can gather together to celebrate all of the fathers present. Young children will often make gifts to give to their fathers.
In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in September. Many of the traditions are similar to those that occur in the United States, and everyone has a great time honoring their special father.
In the United Kingdom sometimes schools, cultural societies and clubs will organize Father's Day parties so that many people can get together and have a fun time partying with their fathers.
No matter how you celebrate with your father, you will want to include a thoughtful gift that shows him that you care. Personalized Father's Day gifts will make a big impression on your dad, and will be a reminder to him of how much you love him.
In America, the custom of giving gifts and cards on Valentine's Day is very popular. From children to adults, siblings to lovers, everyone exchanges gifts and wishes of love on Valentine's Day. Apart from gifts, it is even common to have Valentine's Day parties. These parties generally see a lot of dancing and singing. Romantic dinners, picnics and get-togethers are also common on Valentine's Day in the United States of America.
In England, special Valentine's Day songs are sung by kids and they receive gifts of chocolates, fruits or sometimes even cash gifts. In some parts of England, folks make buns with dry fruits like raisins on Valentine's Day. It is also a popular custom in England to write love poems. These poems are written to honor the patron of love, St. Valentine. Tabloids and magazines overflow with love verses on Valentine's Day in England.
Italians have a custom of getting engaged on Valentine's Day. Some women in Italy also believe that the first man they see on Valentine's Day will be their future husband and so they stand near the window on Valentine's Day morning to see their life-partner walk past in all glory. These apart, on Valentine's Day, shops in Italy sell candies in china jars, tied with red ribbons. These make for favorite Valentine's Day gifts on February 14.
In Denmark, gaekkebrevs (joking letters) are sent out on Valentine's Day in which the senders write light poems and sign their names only in dots. The person receiving the gaekkebrev has to guess who sent it and if it is guessed correctly, then he or she will get an Easter egg from the sender on Easter.
Like the Americans, people in Germany and Austria and also give out Valentine's Day gifts, flowers, cards and chocolates to their wives on Valentine's Day. However in Spain, the tradition is a little different and here, the wives give the presents to their husbands and the husbands give flowers to their wives.
In Scotland, there is a festival on Valentine's Day where young men and women write their names on pieces of paper and put them into separate hats, one for men and one for women. Names are drawn out by both parties, but the men, irrespective of the names they have drawn, have to dance with the women who pick them. And a world of dancing and merrymaking follow.
In Australia, the Valentine's Day celebrations resemble those of America. Gifts and flowers are given out to loved ones. It is a heavily publicized event and the shopping malls are decorated and attract a lot of visitors on this day. However, it is not too much of a ?festival? in Australia.
In Japan, there is a unique tradition. Women buy a particular type of candy called hon-mei and gift it to the person they are romantically attached to. It can be a crush, boyfriend, fianc? or husband. Then after one month, on March 14 (also known as White Day), the men return the favor by sending candies to all the women who remembered them on Valentine's Day. The candies sent out by the men are generally white because of the name of the day.
In Brazil, there is no such thing as Valentine's Day. However, something like Valentine's Day, "Dia dos Namorados" is celebrated on June 12. On this day lovers gift each other candies, flowers, cards and other love presents.
The Chinese celebrate Valentine's Day on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Contrary to the Western custom of giving gifts to the beloved, the young girls make artistic items and offer them to Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden, in prayer for better needlework skills and also for loving husbands.
The language of love is universal and no matter where in the world you are in, Valentine's Day is celebrated all around with equal joy and affection. So wherever you are in the world, make sure you're near to your ?world of joy?, your beloved and celebrate hand in hand to bring a world of happiness to him/ her.
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