American Holidays - Father's Day

hi everyone I'm Alicia father's day is a relatively recent holiday in the United

States having come into existence in 1972 it's celebrated on the third Sunday

of June every year though it's not as commercially important as Mother's Day

it's equally important to many families Father's Day can be a bit more

irreverent than Mother's Day in many regards

lots of people call home on Father's Day guess which type of calls are

particularly popular during this holiday we'll show you the answer at the end of

this video Father's Day is all about showing father's appreciation for what

they do for acknowledging the role of fathers and children's lives and in many

cases simply for making an excuse to hang out with one's dad the holiday

tends to have less of the soft imagery associated with Mother's Day and in fact

it does have a reputation as being an occasion that is rather light-hearted

Father's Day gifts tend to be not surprisingly manly in nature it's common

for people to buy their dad's power tools neckties sporting equipment and so

forth to show appreciation in fact getting an ugly necktie on Father's Day

is something of a cliched joke among father's across the nation it's been

poked fun at in commercials and in other venues

Father's Day is not quite as popular as Mother's Day researchers attribute this

partially to the fact that there are more families with single mothers than

there are with single fathers which may skew the popularity of the holiday the

holiday is consistently popular however and many families find an excuse to do

something special just for the father and the family on this particular day

for younger children actually making a Father's Day gift is something of a

tradition many children are encouraged to make something that they think their

father would like such as artwork or crafts for example other children may

opt to help their father out with chores and now here's the answer to the quiz do

you know what type of calls are popular on Father's Day collect calls are

particularly popular on Father's Day somewhat humorously while fewer people

tend to call home on Father's Day than they do on Mother's Day many of them

choose to call collect how was this lesson did you learn something

interesting is there a day dedicated to fathers in your country please leave a

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