100 Years Of Ignoring Father's Day

Online, June 11, 2010 (Newswire.com) - 100 years of ignoring Father's Day

Do we love our mums twice as much as our Dads? According to the Royal Mail 13 million cards are sent on Mother's Day compared to just 7 million on Father's Day. And then there's the whole gifting issue. Let's be honest, while most of us will at least fork out for a bunch of flowers for our mums, how many of us loose sleep worrying about finding the perfect Father's Day Gift?

While you might be forgiven for thinking that Father's Day is just another Hallmark holiday, manufactured by some commercially minded advertising executive, this is not actually the case. Father's Day originated in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A in 1910 when a certain Mrs Sonora Smart Dodd decided that she wanted to find a way to honour her father who single handedly brought up their family following his wife's death from childbirth. Her idea was that we should set one day aside each year to celebrate fatherhood and thus was born the annual non-event that is Father's Day.

He may have taught you to ride a bike and removed the spiders from the bath. He certainly said, 'how much?' a lot and shouted up the stairs that 'you're not going out dressed like that!' Role model and moral compass, our fathers inform who we are and crucially whom we're attracted to. Our relationship with Daddy defines the type of partners we chose and the success of our relationships with them. Such far-reaching influence is certainly worthy some timely thoughtfulness.

Father's Day is celebrating it's 100th anniversary on June 20th this year, a fitting opportunity not only to remember the date but to surprise him with something special. His unconditional love may not extend to novelty mugs and bad socks though so if you're going to get a Father's Day Gift, get it right at Peoplelovepresents.com



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