Fathers Day Question

Smyrl,

Got me thinking, so I looked it up: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Father's-Day. It is likely more than anyone ever wanted to know about father's day holidays:

"Almost all over the world, a Father's Day exists to honor and commemorate fathers or forefathers. In Christian/Catholic tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day. Other cultures have different days to celebrate their fathers, and even in many traditionally Christian/Catholic countries a more 'secular/non-religious' Father's day is also held. The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). ... Saint Josephs Day is marked in some branches of Christianity in honor of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary and foster-father of Jesus. ...

Austria: second Sunday in June
Australia and New Zealand: the first Sunday in September
Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States: the third Sunday in June (June 19 in 2005).
Belgium: St Joseph's day (which is March 19), and the second Sunday in June ("Secular")
Brazil: the second Sunday in August
Bulgaria: June 20
Denmark: June 5, same day as Constitution Day
Germany: on Ascension Day (originally intended by socialists to replace the Christian holiday, but now the two are generally combined)
Korea, Republic of: May 8, Parents' Day.
Lithuania: the first Sunday in June
Republic of China (Taiwan): August 8
The word for the date, ba ba, (8/8) is a homophone of the word for father in Mandarin Chinese, "爸爸" bàba.
Scandinavia (Including Finland): the second Sunday in November
Portugal, Spain, Italy: March 19
Thailand: December 5, birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej"

 

We 'celebrate' it in Holland too but don't have a clue when. We only made an effort of it when we were young as kids but we don't bother with father/mother's day now we're all grown up.

 

for the UK its today

 

That's kind of sad. No wonder Holland parents buy their kids wooden shoes.

 

Yeah and they make us smoke weed and go to the red light district on our 18th. We also live on cheese only, everybody owns a wind mill and we all have tulips in our gardens.

 

Fathers day is the same in the UK but i think mothers day is different...

 

And don't forget no Dutch history is complete without a mention of the boy who stuck his finger in the dike.

 

Well in Spain it is celebrated though the first we knew about it was when our daughter came home in March and presented her Daddy with a beautiful picture of a telphone that she

 

Well, now that Fathers Day is over I can post this.

I managed to obtain number 1 on MSN for;

Fathers Day
Fathers Day Gifts
Fathers Day Presents

Number 1 on Google for;

19th June

and the traffic went from an average of 60/day to 170/day.

Now Fathers Day is over the stats have gone down a little but this position on MSN certainly helped our sales over this special occasion.

 

Nice 1 Weir.

 

Thanks Mella

Cant wait for the next special occasion

 

Congrats and I just thought you were a forum bum posting for kicks.

 

*Ouch* ...

 

Nah I do that to keep me sane. Overworking tends to be quite stressful and you need some release. I cant go and spend my well earned money because it's all getting pumped into wedding funds, honeymoon funds, new house funds and flight and ferry funds. Life is expensive!

 

You'll know the meaning of expensive when instead of checking Serps on Fathers Day you get a card.

 

Well, lets hope that's not for another 3 or 4 years

 

If Grace has her way she'll be pushing out a wee burn (is that scottish or did i spell it wrong..hmm maybe bern?) within 9 months.

good luck weir. it's all downhill from here..

 

lol you mean a bairn? a wee burn would imply to me that she is doing a Jimmy Riddle.