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Father's Day

Father's Day · World Questions

Father's Day sits on three different dates across four places, and the origins have nothing in common: Taiwan picked 8 August because 'eight-eight' sounds like the word for dad, the United States took nearly sixty years to legislate it in 1972, and Brazil's was invented in 1953 by an advertising man to fill a gap in the second half of the retail year.

Which place's Father's Day was invented by an advertising man to fill a gap in the retail calendar?

If Father's Day falls on a workday where you are, how does your family usually mark it?

Which day do you usually celebrate Father's Day on?

Which of these places had its Father's Day invented by an advertising man and journalist to fill a gap in the retail calendar?

Guess: in which community is the date of Father's Day decided by a pun?

Asked by the 🇧🇷 Português community

For the 🇯🇵 日本語 community

When is Father's Day where you are?