I hope that everyone had a fabulous Father’s Day. In 2021, in NSW, it was all about food, alcohol and zoom/facetime/phone calls with family. (I heard it on the radio and it was that way at our house too.)
Traditionally, we would enjoy a get together with family for an outdoor picnic or BBQ and bath in the spring sunshine in the backyard or park to celebrate the love and dedication of fathers, step-dads, grandpas, fathers-in-law, guardians and uncles. We want to thank them all for being our teacher, carer, friend and role model.
The children usually have a surprise handmade card and gift organised though the school and their P&C/P&F and mother’s purchase more expensive gifts like aftershave, BBQing, handyman, gardening or golfing equipment, etc. But not this year. Not when shopping is only for essentials and schooling is at home.
At least the 2021 Father’s Day in Lockdown was a very memorable one!
How did you celebrate Father’s day this year? Share your comments and pictures too.
DID YOU KNOW?
According to Australian newspapers, the earliest celebration used to be in June, alongside the USA. It was changed to the first Sunday in September in 1958 and made official throughout the Commonwealth. There was no official reason but believed it was for commercial benefit. It fits almost perfectly between Mother’s Day and Christmas, helping children and families save up for gifts.
In the USA, the history of Father’s Day goes back even further. A tragic mining accident in West Virginia in 1907 killed 361 men, leaving hundreds of children fatherless. The year after, they had a memorial service to honour them.
In 1909, Mrs Sonora Dodd of Washington, USA, was inspired by this event and her own father to rally her congressman and is now recognised as the person who started Father’s Day.
You can read more about it here:
https://www.history.com/news/man-who-inspired-fathers-day-civil-war-vet-single-dad
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