Father's Day Celebrations Across the Globe

Father's Day Celebrations Across the Globe

The grateful sons and daughters of the mother earth never let the Father’s Day go by. For a number of sons and daughters of today, it is a pay back time for their doted fathers, and hence they use this day to express their gratitude and tell their fathers about “how much they love their fathers” and “how much regard they have for their fathers”. It is because of the quest to complement fathers among the younger generation that the Father’s Day celebrations have gained immense popularity around the world. In fact its popularity, in today’s time, is not far behind than that of Halloween and Valentine’s Day.

It is important here to mention that since Father’s Day is by now a global festival, it is celebrated around the world, at different times of the year, in different countries. Father’s Day is celebrated with great pomp and show in more than fifty countries across the globe on nineteen different days of the year. Here is the brief description of the country along with the associated day for the big event:

Ø Germany: In Germany it is celebrated on the last Sunday of September.

Ø Australia, New Zealand: In these countries, it is celebrated on the last Sunday of September.

Ø Austria, Ecuador, Belgium: In these countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June.

Ø Brazil: In Brazil, Father’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of August.

Ø Uruguay: Here, it is celebrated on the second Sunday of July.

 However, the one day that is most widely chosen by the maximum number of countries, is the third Sunday of June. Among these countries are Malaysia, Cuba, Argentina, Greece, India, UK, France, Switzerland, USA, and many more.