Father's Day and Mother's Day (1)

When is Father's Day celebrated?
Father's Day is an annual holiday that is celebrated in honor of fathers in many countries around the world. For example, In the USA, France, China and Japan, this holiday is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. And in Russia, this holiday is celebrated on the third Sunday of October.

The history of the holiday Father's Day.
Father's Day was first celebrated in 1910 on June 19. The initiator of the creation of this holiday was a girl from the city of Spokane, who decided in this way to thank her father for raising her and five other children after the death of her mother.

When did Father's Day become a national holiday?
This day became a national holiday in 1996, when Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June an official holiday.

How is Father's Day celebrated
On this day, American families honor fathers. The symbol of this holiday were roses: white and red. Red roses are worn if the father is alive, and white roses when the father is dead.

Mother's Day.
Mother's Day is an international holiday of motherhood. On this day, it is customary to congratulate mothers and pregnant women.

When to celebrate Mother's Day?
Basically, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, for example, in the USA, Finland, Germany, Italy, Canada. In Russia, this day is celebrated on the last Sunday of November.

History of the holiday.
In ancient times, the
Greeks and Romans held a festival in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele. From the 17th to the 19th century in Great Britain was celebrated "Mothering Day". In 1910, the state of Virginia was the first to recognize Mother's Day as an official holiday.

Mother's Day is a national holiday
In 1914, US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday in May a national holiday, Mother's Day

Mother's day symbol
In the United States and Australia, there is a tradition to wear a carnation flower on clothes on this day. A colored carnation means the mother is alive, while a white carnation means the mother is dead.