關(guān)于父親節(jié)的4個小知識

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

第一個父親節(jié)是在美國華盛頓慶祝的

In 1909, Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a Mother's Day sermon at her local church when she had the idea to try and establish a similar day to honor the hard-working fathers of the community. Dodd was the daughter of a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart, who raised six children on his own after his wife died during childbirth.

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。

She contacted local church groups, government officials, YMCAs, businesses, and other official entities, hoping to gather the community to recognize fathers around the state of Washington. The campaign Dodd embarked upon would eventually culminate in the first statewide Father's Day celebration in 1910.

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. That Father's Day takes place on the third Sunday in June just happened by accident.

父親節(jié)定在6月的第三個周日純屬偶然

While Father's Day always takes place on the third Sunday of June now, that date was actually a compromise after the original turned 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 Spokane and local churches asked for more time to prepare for all the festivities involved, it was moved to the third Sunday in June, where it remains today. Officially, the first Father's Day celebration took place on June 19, 1910.

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定日期慶祝不現(xiàn)實才做出妥協(xié)的。多德最初的目標是在她父親的生日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他們更多時間來準備父親節(jié)的一切慶祝活動，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. Roses were originally a big part of the Father's Day celebration.

玫瑰花原本是父親節(jié)慶?；顒拥闹仡^戲

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 further honor their fathers—red roses for a still-living father and a white rose for the deceased. 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-forgotten tradition of roses as the customary flower of Father's Day.

第一個父親節(jié)的慶祝活動包括一個教堂禮拜儀式，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念父親——紅玫瑰紀念還在世的父親，白玫瑰紀念已逝世的父親。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. Father's Day is a big day for the humble greeting card.

父親節(jié)是送賀卡的大日子

Father's Day means big business for the greeting card industry. The holiday is the fourth most popular day for exchanging cards, with approximately 72 million flying off shelves annually. Hallmark—which has been producing Father's Day cards since the early 1920s—boasts more than 800 different designs for dad, with humor cards accounting for 25 percent of the cards sold. The NRF estimates that cards account for 58 percent of all Father's Day gifts—whether the person honors dad only with a card or includes it with a larger gift.

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，也包括在送更大禮物時附贈的賀卡。