Mother’s Day came first, but Father’s Day wasn’t too far behind. But unlike Mother’s Day, the version for our daddy’s is credited to be the sole effort of one individual who thought that her daddy was the best in the world. Well, don’t we all!
It’s amazing what people accomplish when they put their minds to good use and encourage others to join their cause. And that’s how Father’s Day came to be. The genesis of the day was the desire of one woman to honour her father. Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a “father’s day” while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. If mom’s can have it, then why can’t fathers? Her father was William Smart, a Civil War veteran who was widowed when his wife died during the birth of their sixth child. Alone, Smart raised his six children and it was one of them, Sonora who realized as an adult, the strength and selflessness of her father. And since Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June 1910.
The idea caught on across America and finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day.
Today, Father’s Day is celebrated not only in America, but is celebrated all across the globe. The Net too is full of dedicated Father’s Day sites. And here, to help you prepare for a very special Father’s Day, I have searched the web for fun and entertaining links dedicated to all the daddy’s in the world. Hope everyone likes it and I can be some help to you in making this fathers day a very special day for you and your father.
We begin our journey with www.holidays.net/father. This site is exactly what it says it is — a collection of online resources for Father’s Day. Kids can read a history of the holiday, get ideas for celebrating, and have a chance to recognize the efforts that their dads put in for them.
Kids will love the chance to listen to play Cruising Music, right online. Goodies includes a Father’s Day movie, a Father’s Day Jigsaw Puzzle, and a Treasure Box for Dad that kids can make. Bonus.com offers www.bonus.com/bonus/list/father_day.html?referrer=KG6, a great site for kids that uses Netscooter technology to keep kids safe online. There are online quizzes, cards, poems, stories, and even directions for tying a bow tie!
Kids will love the opportunities offered here to learn more about Father’s Day and gather some goodies they can offer their own dads on that special day.
As usual, BillyBear at www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/father/dad.htm offers a number of activities to do on Father’s Day, like making a virtual tie for your dad, online games to play with your father like golf and play hoops with your father. This site also offers great ideas for Father’s Day like making a promise card for your father, mow the grass and extend help in the garden and wash the car. But most important of all, hug your father on his special day.
Make your favourite Dad feel extra special with homemade gifts like A Pup for Pop, Emoticon Magnets, Family Key Keeper, Father’s Day Frame, Father’s Day Throne, Ladybug Tie Tack, Me-and-You Book, Painted Pebbles, Personalized Hobby Boxes, Treasure Box. Not only this but the site also offers yummy recipes of things to eat, like a cake for dad, Dad-day Barbecue, Dad‘s Day Brunch, a Hero Sandwich, desserts fit for a king and many many more.
If you want to make a homemade card for your father this site also had some great ideas for that too. For all this and much more visit www.familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/specialfeature/fathersday_sf/
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” William Shakespeare said this. www.wilstar.com/holidays/fathers.htm is the site that offers this and many beautiful quotes from famous personalities about their fathers. It also has a detailed history about Fathers Day. Not only this but you can send a beautiful card to your father through this site. The site also offers a countdown towards how many days left until the next Fathers Day.
There are some traditions that go with Father’s Day according to www.web-holidays.com/dadsday. Like if your father is living, wear a red rose. Other traditions go:
• If your father has passed away, wear a white rose.
• The very creative tie as a gift.
• A cookout usually. Prepared by Dad himself.
• Tell your Dad how much you love him — and why.
• Give him a great big hug.
This site also have some tasty menus for you, crafts too, wonderful poetry and more for Dad.
Good fathers are difficult to find. If you have a gem of a father and you wish to make him feel special, here is your chance. Wish him a very happy Father’s Day with some brilliant Father’s Day quotes. If you have shied away from expressing your warm feelings to your father, don’t lose this opportunity. At www.marvelcreations.com/fathersday.html you can find beautiful poetry, delicious recipes, dad’s favourite sayings, small stories and recommended readings and gift ideas on Father’s Day. The site is so colourful and beautifully made it is a real treat to the eyes.
Life was a lot simpler when all that we honoured was father and mother, rather than all major credit cards! Happy Fathers Day, dad!
Mother’s Day came first, but Father’s Day wasn’t too far behind. But unlike Mother’s Day, the version for our daddy’s is credited to be the sole effort of one individual who thought that her daddy was the best in the world. Well, don’t we all!
