Father's Day

Father’s Day in Estonia is celebrated on the second Sunday in November since 1992.To create a separate “men’s day” (as global as March 8) for congratulations, it seems, failed in any country in the world, but there was Father’s Day.

It is believed that the idea of a holiday for the popes was visited in 1909 by Mrs. Dodd of Washington. She wanted to express her gratitude to her father, and in his person to all the caring fathers of America involved in raising children. The father of the founder of the holiday was named William Smart, his wife died, giving birth to a sixth child, but the single father successfully raised a newborn and five more children. Virtuous William was a Civil War veteran and lived with children on a farm.

Father’s Day was first celebrated in Washington on June 19, 1910, and since then many families in America have begun to congratulate their fathers, but Father’s Day became an all-American holiday only in 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June a national holiday. According to tradition, during the annual celebrations, the state and ordinary citizens rush to support low-income dads who are raising children alone.

Father’s Day is celebrated in Estonia on the second Sunday in November since 1992. On the eve of kindergartens there are thematic mornings, and in schools there are concerts for dads; children give dads homemade cards and gifts (usually carved out of paper and painted ties or cars). On Father’s Day flags are displayed.

While “Father’s Day” remains an official innovation for most, but gradually the holiday becomes common for the entire multinational country, acquires its own traditions. For example, it has already become a tradition for law enforcement agencies to hold demonstration and educational performances within the framework of the charity free family holiday “Fathers Day for All Children”, where on Sunday children together with dads were able to take part in various competitions and get acquainted with men’s professions. Among the participants of the competitions there are pupils of orphanages, over which on this day the police, rescuers, border guards or military personnel take patronage.