■世界各地的父亲节
Different Father’s Day

Father’s Day in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In the United Kingdom, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday. In the United States, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Other festivities honoring fathers had been held in Fairmont and in Creston, but the modern holiday did not emerge[28] from those.

Father’s Day in the United States

Modern Father’s Day was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Arkansas, who was also the driving force behind its establishment. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis’s

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父亲节是一年中特别感谢父亲的节日，始于20世纪初，每个国家的父亲节日期及庆祝方式都不尽相同。世界上第一个父亲节于1910年诞生在美国，由美国华盛顿州斯波坎的布鲁斯·多德夫人倡导。

大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国的“父亲节”

在英国，父亲节是6月的第三个星期天，这并不是一个公共节日。在美国，父亲节也是6月的第三个星期天。第一个父亲节庆祝于1910年6月19日，在华盛顿的斯波坎。在费尔蒙特和克雷斯顿还会纪念其他形式的父亲节，可是，当代的父亲节并不是由它们而来。

美国的“父亲节”

当代的父亲节是由生于阿肯色州的索诺拉·斯马特·多德创建的，她是创建父亲节的先导者。她的父亲名叫威廉·杰克逊·斯马特，是一名内战老兵，曾在华盛顿的斯波坎市独自抚养六个孩子。她是受到了安娜·贾维斯创立母亲节的鼓舞。尽管最开始她是想用父亲的生日，也就

efforts to establish[29]Mother’s Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father’s birthday, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson made Father’s Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and traditionally male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children’s programs commonly have activities to make Father’s Day gifts.

More phone calls are made in the United States during Mother’s Day than during Father’s Day, but the percentage of collect calls on Father’s Day is much higher, making it the busiest day of the year for collect calls. Also, calls during both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day tend to last longer.

Father’s Day is accompanied by a smaller total number of phone calls, greeting cards and gifts than Mother’s Day. It is speculated that this is due to the greater number of households with a mother than households with a father（due to single mothers）, to the greater role of mothers in unpaid household labor, and to different personal or societal expectations.

是6月5日作为父亲节，可组织者们并没有足够的时间来安排，于是就推迟到6月的第三个星期天。

这立刻就得到了威廉·詹宁斯·布莱安等人的非正式支持，并且传播开来。此外，伍德·威尔逊总统的家人于1916年为他庆祝了父亲节。1924年，加尔文·库利奇总统提议它作为国家节假日。1966年，林顿·B.约翰逊把父亲节定在6月的第三个星期天。直到1972年，也就是在理查德·尼克松总统当政期间，该假日才被正式认可。

近些年来，零售商们为了适应父亲节，还发明了问候卡和适合男性的传统礼物，比如电子产品和工具。学校和其他儿童组织一般都有专门制作父亲节礼物的活动。

在美国，母亲节的电话要比父亲节多，可是父亲节的对方付费电话要比母亲节多，于是这就成了一年之中付费电话最多的一天。同样，母亲节和父亲节的电话通话都比较长。

父亲节收到的电话、问候卡和礼物都比母亲节少。据推测，这是由于有母亲的家庭比有父亲的家庭多（因为有不少单身母亲），因为母亲在无酬家务劳动中的作用更大，还出于不同的个人和社会期望的缘故。

Father’s Day in New Zealand

In New Zealand, Father’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.

Father’s Day in Canada

In Canada, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father’s Day typically involves spending time with one’s father or the father figures in one’s life. Small celebrations and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father’s Day.

Father’s Day in Australia

In Australia, Father’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday. YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the role fathers, and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities[30] in Victoria. The Father’s Day Council of Victoria annually recognise fathers in the Father of the Year Award.

A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again.

新西兰的父亲节

在新西兰，庆祝父亲节是在9月的第一个星期天，它也不是一个公共节日。

加拿大的父亲节

加拿大的父亲节是在6月的第三个星期天，它并不是一个公共节日。父亲节通常就是与父亲和在生命中扮演父亲角色的人一起度过的节日。小型的庆祝和送礼物也许是父亲节的一部分。

澳大利亚的父亲节

在澳大利亚，庆祝父亲节是在9月的第一个星期天，这也不是一个公共节日。基督教青年会的维多利亚通过在维多利亚的32个自治区实行年度“当地社区父亲”奖，延续了纪念父亲，或者扮演父亲角色的人的传统。此外，维多利亚父亲节委员会每年都会予以认可获得年度奖的父亲。

爸爸就是，在你跌倒之前想抓住你，跌倒之后不理你，却会让你再试一次的那个人。