FATHER'S DAY
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"One
father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." |
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Do you celebrate 'Father's Day?
• When is it celebrated in Spain?
• Do you buy a special gift for your dad?
• What's the most common present on Father's Day?
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Father's Day is a special day for everyone! We use this day to honour our fathers all over the world! It's time of burnt toast and breakfast in bed, family gatherings, crayon scribbled 'I love you' and, of course, that lovely new tie !!!
But how did it begin ?
Sonora
Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a "father's day."
She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's
Day sermon in 1909.
Sonora wanted a special day to honour her father, William Smart. Smart,
who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving
birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn
and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington
state.
After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father
had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father
that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter,
a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in
June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane,
Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
President Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, supported the idea of a national
Father's Day. Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential
proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. President
Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972.
Here are some DAD'S FAVOURITE SAYINGS :
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Go ask your mother.
• Just wait until I get you home.
• I love you, son.
• I love you, princess.
• When I was your age ….
• My father used to tell me ……
• I used to walk to school in the snow.
• Be home early.
• That's not a tear. I have something in my eye.
Can you think of any other saying related to your dad ?
Are you ready for a QUIZ about 'Father's Day' ?