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六月的第三個(gè)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(lái)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(lái)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(gè)父親節(jié)是在美國(guó)華盛頓州慶祝的。

1909年，美國(guó)華盛頓州斯波坎市居民索諾拉·瑪特·多德正在本地教堂聽(tīng)母親節(jié)講道，忽然想到可以試著創(chuàng)立一個(gè)類(lèi)似的節(jié)日來(lái)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(dú)自養(yǎng)大了6個(gè)孩子。

她聯(lián)系了本地的教堂團(tuán)體、政府官員、基督教青年會(huì)、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(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)最終促成了1910年華盛頓州的第一個(gè)父親節(jié)慶?；顒?dòng)。

2.父親節(jié)定在6月的第三個(gè)周日純屬偶然。

盡管現(xiàn)在父親節(jié)總是在6月的第三個(gè)星期日慶祝，但其實(shí)定在這個(gè)日子是因?yàn)樵谠?/p>

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(shí)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(zhǎng)和當(dāng)?shù)亟烫谜?qǐng)求給他們更多時(shí)間來(lái)準(zhǔn)備父親節(jié)的一切慶?；顒?dòng)，因此父親節(jié)就改到了6月的第三個(gè)星期日，并一直延續(xù)至今。官方記錄顯示，第一個(gè)父親節(jié)的慶?；顒?dòng)是在1910年6月19日舉行的。

3.玫瑰花原本是父親節(jié)慶?；顒?dòng)的重頭戲。

第一個(gè)父親節(jié)的慶?；顒?dòng)包括一個(gè)教堂禮拜儀式，女孩們?cè)谧鰪浫鰰r(shí)會(huì)將紅玫瑰親手送給自己的父親。孩子們還會(huì)把玫瑰別在自己的衣服上來(lái)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(wú)法來(lái)參加禮拜儀式的父親們都買(mǎi)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(guò)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(duì)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(mài)出近7200萬(wàn)張賀卡。賀曼公司從上世紀(jì)20年代初就開(kāi)始生產(chǎn)父親節(jié)賀卡，該公司聲稱(chēng)共有超800種不同設(shè)計(jì)，其中幽默賀卡在賣(mài)出的父親節(jié)賀卡中占到了25%。全美零售商聯(lián)合會(huì)估計(jì)，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(shí)附贈(zèng)的賀卡。