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六月的第三個周日就是父親節(jié)了，你知道父親節(jié)該送什么花嗎？你知道父親節(jié)是怎么來的嗎？你知道最受歡迎的父親節(jié)賀卡是哪一種？本文為你來揭曉。

1. Washington was the first state to celebrate Father's Day.

In 1909，SpokaneresidentSonoraSmartDodd was listening to a Mother's Day sermonat her local church when she had the idea to tryand establish a similar day to honor the hard-workingfathersof thecommunity. Dodd wasthe daughter of a widower and Civil War veter-an named William JacksonSmart， who raisedsix children on his own after his wife died dur-ing childbirth.

She contacted local church groups， govern-mentofficials， YMCAs， businesses，andotherofficial entities， hoping to gather the communi-ty to recognize fathers around the state of Wash-ington. ThecampaignDoddembarkeduponwouldeventuallyculminateinthefirststate-wide Father's Day celebration in 1910.

2. That Father's Day takes place on thethirdSundayinJunejusthappenedbyaccident.

While Father's Day always takes place onthe third Sunday of June now， that date was ac-

1.第一個父親節(jié)是在美國華盛頓州慶祝的。

1909年，美國華盛頓州斯波坎市居民索諾拉·瑪特·多德正在本地教堂聽母親節(jié)講道，忽然想到可以試著創(chuàng)立一個類似的節(jié)日來紀(jì)念社區(qū)里辛苦勞作的父親們。多德的父親是一名喪偶的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)老兵，名叫威廉·杰克遜·斯瑪特，他在妻子死于分娩后獨自養(yǎng)大了6個孩子。

她聯(lián)系了本地的教堂團體、政府官員、基督教青年會、企業(yè)和其他官方組織，希望能讓社區(qū)居民聚在一起為華盛頓州的父親們慶祝。多德發(fā)起的這項運動最終促成了1910年華盛頓州的第一個父親節(jié)慶?；顒?。

2.父親節(jié)定在6月的第三個周日純屬偶然。

盡管現(xiàn)在父親節(jié)總是在6月的第三個星期日慶祝，但其實定在這個日子是因為在原

tuallyacompromiseaftertheoriginalturned out to be unrealistic. Dodd's goal was for the holiday to be observed on June 5 to land on her father's birthday， but when the mayor of Spo- kane and local churches asked for more time to prepareforallthefestivitiesinvolved，itwas moved to the third Sunday in June， where it re- mains today. Officially， the first Father's Day celebration took place on June 19， 1910.

3. Roses were originally a big part of the Father's Day celebration.

The first Father's Day included a church service where daughters would hand red roses to their fathers during the mass. The roses were also pinned onto the clothing of children to fur- ther honor their fathers—red roses for a still-liv- ingfatherandawhiteroseforthedeceased. Dodd also brought roses and gifts to any father in the community who was unable to make it to the service. This gave birth to the now- nearly- forgottentraditionof rosesasthecustomary flower of Father's Day.

4. Father's Day is a big day for the hum- ble greeting card.

Father's Day means big business for the greeting card industry. The holiday is the fourth most popular day for exchanging cards， with ap- proximately 72 million flying off shelves annu- ally. Hallmark—which has been producing Fa- ther's Day cards since the early 1920s—boasts more than 800 different designsfor dad， with humorcardsaccountingfor 25

定日期慶祝不現(xiàn)實才做出妥協(xié)的。多德最初的目標(biāo)是在她父親的生日6月5日慶祝父親節(jié)，但是斯波坎市長和當(dāng)?shù)亟烫谜埱蠼o他們更多時間來準(zhǔn)備父親節(jié)的一切慶?；顒?，因此父親節(jié)就改到了6月的第三個星期日，并一直延續(xù)至今。官方記錄顯示，第一個父親節(jié)的慶?；顒邮窃?910年6月19日舉行的。

3.玫瑰花原本是父親節(jié)慶?；顒拥闹仡^戲。

第一個父親節(jié)的慶?；顒影ㄒ粋€教堂禮拜儀式，女孩們在做彌撒時會將紅玫瑰親手送給自己的父親。孩子們還會把玫瑰別在自己的衣服上來紀(jì)念父親——紅玫瑰紀(jì)念還在世的父親，白玫瑰紀(jì)念已逝世的父親。多德還為社區(qū)里無法來參加禮拜儀式的父親們都買了玫瑰花和禮物。于是，父親節(jié)送玫瑰花就成了傳統(tǒng)，不過這一傳統(tǒng)現(xiàn)在幾乎都被遺忘了。

4.父親節(jié)是送賀卡的大日子。

對賀卡行業(yè)而言，父親節(jié)是生意非常紅火的日子。父親節(jié)在最流行送賀卡的日子里排行第四，每年父親節(jié)可賣出近7200萬張賀卡。賀曼公司從上世紀(jì)20年代初就開始生產(chǎn)父親節(jié)賀卡，該公司聲稱共有超800種不同設(shè)計，其中幽默賀卡在賣出的父親節(jié)賀卡中占到了25%。全美零售商聯(lián)合會估計，賀卡占所有父親節(jié)禮物的58%，其中既包括作為唯一父親節(jié)禮物的賀卡，又包括在送更大禮物時附贈的賀卡。