{"id":3841,"date":"2012-06-13T05:35:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T05:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2012-06-13T05:35:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T05:35:35","slug":"fathers-day-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/fathers-day-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Father’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father\u2019s Day was created in the early 20th<\/sup> century in celebration of fathers and the roles they play within society and family \u2013 and as a complement to the already-established Mother\u2019s Day. Interestingly enough, it wasn\u2019t made \u201cofficial\u201d until then-President Richard M. Nixon signed it into law in 1972.<\/p>\n

It began with Sonora Smart Dodd. Inspired upon hearing a Mother\u2019s Day sermon in 1909, she wanted to create something that honored her own father, a Civil War veteran who had raised six children as a single parent after his wife (her mother) had passed away in childbirth years earlier. After a year of campaigning and petitioning for this holiday, the first Father\u2019s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. \u00a0From there, it would take five presidents and over sixty years for the United States to make Father\u2019s Day a permanent national holiday, on the third Sunday in June, when Nixon made it official in 1972.\u00a0 Sonora Dodd was able to see her dream made into a reality, living another six years (to 1978) until the ripe old age of 96!<\/p>\n

Like Mother\u2019s Day, many other countries celebrate Father\u2019s Day on the third Sunday in June, while others hold it (again, like Mother\u2019s Day) at various times throughout the year. Among the other countries which celebrate along with the United States including Canada, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and 62 others, for a total number of 73 countries celebrating fathers on one day.<\/p>\n

\"Renoir<\/a>Roses<\/a> (not the carnations of Mother\u2019s Day) are the flower for Father\u2019s Day:\u00a0 red roses<\/a> for fathers that live, white roses<\/a> for fathers who have died.<\/p>\n

Neckties, power tools, garden equipment, automotive gadgets, books, sports equipment, tech gadgets, electronics, and grilling-related accessories top the list of the most popular gifts given to fathers. For more elegant and unusual gifts, art tops the list. Looking for art Dad will love? \u00a0Check out Gustav Klimt\u2019s The Golden Knight<\/a>, Claude Monet\u2019s Boat at Low Tide, FeCamp 1881<\/a>, Cezanne\u2019s Card Players with Pipes<\/a>,\u00a0 Picasso\u2019s The Old Guitarist,<\/a> and William Bradford\u2019s Panther Among Icebergs in Melville Bay. In addition, take the time and view oerstockArt.com’s Father’s Day Top Five Oil Paintings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the most popular Father\u2019s Day gift of all?\u00a0 A greeting card! Father\u2019s Day is the fourth-largest card-giving holiday, behind Mother\u2019s Day (third largest), Valentine\u2019s Day (second), and Christmas! More than one-third of Father\u2019s Day cards are humorous.<\/p>\n

And, for your reading pleasure, some favorite \u2013 and familiar \u2013 father sayings sure to bring a smile to your face (even if it didn\u2019t at the time!):<\/p>\n

Don’t ask me, ask your mother.<\/p>\n

This is your last warning.<\/p>\n

Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!<\/p>\n

Who said life was supposed to be fair?<\/p>\n

What do you think I am, a bank?<\/p>\n

Money does not grow on trees!<\/p>\n

I’ll tell you why. Because I said so. That’s why.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sleeping. I\u2019m watching TV with my eyes closed.<\/p>\n

Happy Father\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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