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| This page is just a small sampling of our Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend. Please click on the Father's Day gift baskets catagory tabs on the left to view a much wider selection of our Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend. |
Gift baskets are a popular gift option for all occasions. The basic purpose of Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend is to give Dad, Grandfather or friend several gifts instead of just one. Every item in Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend are arranged in a container and the entire package is attractively wrapped in cellophane. Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend are designed to create a complete and personal experience for the recipient. The gifts presented in Father's Day gift baskets for Dad, Grandfather or friend are carefully chosen and blended to make a cohesive whole.
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Gift baskets are not just a good idea for Father's Day gift ideas, but also for any other reason. They create a personalized feeling that anyone would enjoy receiving.
Father's Day definition brought to you by Wikipedia:
Father's Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honour and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.
Dates
The officially recognized date of Fathers' Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.
March 14 (24 Esfand) Iran
March 19 Belgium (St Joseph 's day), Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain
May 8 South Korea (Parents' Day)
Ascension Day Germany (Herrentag; drinking day, no celebration of Fatherhood)
First Sunday of June Lithuania
June 5 (Constitution Day) Denmark
Second Sunday of June Austria, Ecuador, Belgium (secular celebration)
June 17 El Salvador, Guatemala
Third Sunday of June (The 15th in 2008) Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
June 23 Nicaragua, Poland, Uganda
Second Sunday of July Uruguay
Last Sunday of July Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August Brazil
August 8 Republic of China (Taiwan), People's Republic of China
First Sunday of September Australia, New Zealand
New Moon of September (Bhadra as per Lunar Calendar) September 11 Nepal
First Sunday of October Luxembourg
Second Sunday of November Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden
December 5 Thailand
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.
Spelling
Because this is a day for all fathers, the correct position of the apostrophe is after the letter s making it a plural posessive: "Fathers' Day". However many people incorrectly cite it as the singular "Father's Day" or they leave out the apostrophe altogether.
International history and traditions:
Germany
In Germany there is no such thing as Father's Day as celebrated throughout the western world. There are two terms and/or events of an older origin that while similar in name, have entirely different meanings. Männertag, 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, Liverwurst, Blutwurst (Blood Sausage), vegetables, eggs, etc.
NB - this is also known as "Vatertag" in Germany, which is the literal equivalent to Father's day.
Roman Catholic tradition
In the Roman Catholic tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, March 19, though in most countries Father's Day is a secular celebration.
Germany
Some parts of Germany (such as Bavaria) call this particular day "Vatertag".
Taiwan
Father's Day in Republic of China (Taiwan) is not an official holiday but is widely observed on August 8 which is the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. In Mandarin Chinese, the pronunciation of the number 8 is bā. This pronunciation is very similar to the character "爸" "bà", which means "Papa" or "father". Taiwanese, therefore, usually call August 8 in its nick name as "Bābā Day" (八八節).
Thailand
In Thailand, Father Day is set as the birthday of the king. December 5 is the birthday of current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).
United States
In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on "July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia." [This information on the first celebration date and the location of the Father's Day celebration may not be correct. Information from the following site places the date as June, 19th of the same year, in the state of Washington. The information comes from Kansas Universities medical center, http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/fathers.html]. It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mothers' Day, which had been celebrated for the first time two months prior in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) away.
Another driving force behind the establishment of the integration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, 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.
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.
In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting male-oriented gifts such as electronics, tools and greeting cards. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.
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