Father’s Day is on the third Sunday of June. Father’s Day and Mother’s Day began in America.

Mrs. John B Dodd， of Washington， first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father William， whose wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn; and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

In June 1910， Americans celebrated the first Father’s Day. If his or her father was still alive， he or she wore a red rose in the front. To the late father， he or she wore a white rose.

Nowadays， on Father’s Day， children will prepare a rich breakfast meal for fathers by themselves. And children will either make many small gifts or send fathers kinds of presents， such as ties， cigars， books， golf clubs and so on.

父親節(jié)是在六月的第三個(gè)星期天。父親節(jié)和母親節(jié)都是從美國(guó)開始的。

華盛頓州的約翰·布魯斯·多德夫人在1909年首先提出了設(shè)立“父親節(jié)”的提議。多德夫人希望有一個(gè)特殊的日子來(lái)向她的父親——威廉·斯瑪特表示敬意。他的妻子在生他們第六個(gè)孩子時(shí)因難產(chǎn)而離世。斯瑪特先生在華盛頓州東部鄉(xiāng)下的農(nóng)場(chǎng)里獨(dú)自養(yǎng)大了六個(gè)孩子。多德太太成人后她才意識(shí)到她的父親一個(gè)人養(yǎng)大孩子所表現(xiàn)的力量和無(wú)私。

在1910年6月，美國(guó)人慶祝了第一個(gè)“父親節(jié)”。當(dāng)時(shí)凡是父親健在的人都在胸前佩戴一朵紅玫瑰花;而父親已故的人，則佩戴一朵白玫瑰。

現(xiàn)在，在父親節(jié)當(dāng)天，子女們要自己動(dòng)手為父親做一頓豐盛的早餐。不僅如此，孩子們還要給父親制作一些精美的小禮品，或者送給他們領(lǐng)帶、雪茄煙、書、男用香水等禮品。