Father's Day

Hi everyone. Father's Day, I alway thought Father's day was made up by the card companies to increase revenue and equality because of Mother's Day. So knowing Father's day was coming up and because I promote international delivery, Knowing Father's Day is on different days depending where in the world you live I did a little research.

The earliest record of Father's Day was found in the ruins of Babylon. A young boy named Elmesu carved a Father's Day message on a card made out of clay nearly 4,000 years ago. He wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life.


No one knows what happened to Elmesu or his father, but the tradition of having a special day honoring fathers has continued through the years in countries all around the world.
In many countries, where the Catholic Church has had a important influence on the culture, Father's Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day (March 19). In recent times a secular celebration, not associated with any religion, has been celebrated in many of these countries to reflect the increased diversity of the people who live there. Some families choose one of the dates to celebrate Father's Day and ignore the other day, but some lucky dads actually get to celebrate Father's Day twice every year! 

Here are the dates listed below occurring to Wikipiedia, the free encyclopedia. Whenever you celebrate Father's Day I have some ideas.

Occurrence	Dates	Country
February 23		Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day)*
March 19		Andorra (Dia del Pare)  Bolivia  Honduras[12]  Italy (Festa del Papà)		Liechtenstein  Portugal (Dia do Pai)  Spain (Día del Padre, Dia del Pare, Día do Pai)  Antwerp (Belgium)
March 30		Oman (Father's Day)
Second Sunday of May	May 9, 2010 May 8, 2011 May 13, 2012	Romania[13] (Ziua Tatălui)
May 8		South Korea (Parents' Day)
Third Sunday of May	May 16, 2010 May 15, 2011 May 20, 2012	Tonga
Ascension Day	May 13, 2010 Jun 2, 2011 May 17, 2012	Germany
First Sunday of June	Jun 6, 2010 Jun 5, 2011 Jun 3, 2012	Lithuania (Tevo diena)  Switzerland
June 5		Denmark[14] (also Constitution Day)
Second Sunday of June	Jun 13, 2010 Jun 12, 2011 Jun 10, 2012	Austria  Belgium
Third Sunday of June	Jun 20, 2010 Jun 19, 2011 Jun 17, 2012	Afghanistan  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina[15]  Bahamas  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Brunei Darussalam  Bulgaria  Canada  Chile	People's Republic of China** Colombia  Costa Rica[16]  Croatia  Cuba[17]  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Ecuador  Ethiopia  France  Ghana  Greece	Guyana  Haiti[18]  Hong Kong  Hungary  India  Ireland  Jamaica  Japan  Malaysia  Malta  Mauritius  Mexico[19]	Myanmar  Namibia  Netherlands  Nigeria  Pakistan  Panama[20]  Paraguay  Peru[21]  Philippines[22]  Puerto Rico  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Singapore  Slovakia  South Africa  Sri Lanka  Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States  Venezuela  Zambia  Zimbabwe
June 17		El Salvador[23]	Guatemala[24]
June 21 (before the first day of summer)		Lebanon[25]
June 21 (first day of summer)		Egypt  Jordan  Syria  Uganda
June 23		Nicaragua	Poland
Second Sunday of July	Jul 11, 2010 Jul 10, 2011 Jul 8, 2012	Uruguay
Last Sunday of July	Jul 25, 2010 Jul 31, 2011 Jul 29, 2012	Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August	Aug 8, 2010 Aug 14, 2011 Aug 12, 2012	Brazil  Samoa
August 8		Republic of China (Taiwan)
First Sunday of September	Sep 5, 2010 Sep 4, 2011 Sep 2, 2012	Australia  Fiji	New Zealand  Papua New Guinea
Third Sunday of September	Sep 19, 2010 Sep 18, 2011 Sep 16, 2012	Ukraine
August 23		Nepal[26] Bwaako Mukh Herne Din ou बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन (कुशे औंशी)
First Sunday of October	Oct 3, 2010 Oct 2, 2011 Oct 7, 2012	Luxembourg
12 November		Indonesia
Second Sunday of November	Nov 14, 2010 Nov 13, 2011 Nov 11, 2012	Estonia  Finland  Iceland	Norway  Sweden
December 5		Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)[27]
December 26		Bulgaria
Islam calendar
Definition	Sample dates	Country/Territory
13 Rajab	Jun 16, 2011	Iran[28][29]	Pakistan

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