Today, the third Sunday of June, both the US and the UK are celebrating Father’s Day, and both countries share the same customs of lavishing a bit of attention on dear, ol’ dad. Typically, such attention takes the form of a card, small gift (slippers, tie, favorite alcoholic drink, golf balls, etc.), a phone call or visit, and/or a special meal.
In both the UK and US, Mother’s Day was instituted as a holiday before Father’s Day. The UK refers to Mother’s Day as “Mothering Sunday,” and it was originally a Christian practice dating back to the 1500s in which people would visit their nearest big church, their “mother church.” Not until the arrival of US soldiers on British soil during WWII did the US’s secular style of Mother’s Day get transplanted in Britain. And so it was with Father’s Day, with the US creating the secular holiday and Britain following suit.
The US first recognized “Father’s Day” in 1910, due to the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She had heard a church sermon about the newly recognized Mother’s Day, and having been raised by a widowed dad, after her mother died birthing one of her siblings, Sonora pushed to institute Father’s Day and was successful. Across the globe, including the UK, Father’s Day caught on.
Happy Father’s Day, dear Anglophile fathers! May your day be most pleasant!
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In both the UK and US, Mother’s Day was instituted as a holiday before Father’s Day. The UK refers to Mother’s Day as “Mothering Sunday,” and it was originally a Christian practice dating back to the 1500s in which people would visit their nearest big church, their “mother church.” Not until the arrival of US soldiers on British soil during WWII did the US’s secular style of Mother’s Day get transplanted in Britain. And so it was with Father’s Day, with the US creating the secular holiday and Britain following suit.
The US first recognized “Father’s Day” in 1910, due to the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She had heard a church sermon about the newly recognized Mother’s Day, and having been raised by a widowed dad, after her mother died birthing one of her siblings, Sonora pushed to institute Father’s Day and was successful. Across the globe, including the UK, Father’s Day caught on.
Happy Father’s Day, dear Anglophile fathers! May your day be most pleasant!
** Update: Just ran across some fab menswear in Vogue! Check it out HERE
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Go to: BRITISH CARS
Go to: BRITISH CAR PHOTO GALLERY
Go to: BRITISH DRINKS
Go to: VISIT BRITAIN
Go to: HOMEPAGE
