The third Sunday of June is the day of honoring our dads, stepdads, granddads, ... and an occasion to show how original we can be. Unfortunately here comes the difficult part. It is much harder to find a great gift for daddy than for a mommy or a kid or even a significant other.
Some of the experts actually claim Father's Day is the hardest of all gift giving occasions. The good news is we can approach the problem with humor and if we can't find anything really useful, we can still present something funny. Everybody can use a good laugh from time to time, right?
It is interesting to compare gifts for Father's and Mother's Day. Presents for moms are on average from 30 to 50 percent more expensive and this includes treats like going out and pumpering with different leisure activities. On one hand it seems a father needs less (barbecue somehow suits him better than a fancy dinner, you give him one flower instead of a bouquet, ...), on the other they are much more demanding (just try to find better hammer than he already has!).
Statistics show about one third of greeting cards (the most popular present on Father's Day) are humorous and other popular gifts are increasingly going into this direction as well. After all, how many tools can you give to somebody who already has everything a living person can imagine?
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Sorry, this is beyond my knowledge. I am sure there's a way to find the reasons, but if I may guess, the first half of June was pretty much normal working time, while the second (with the third weekend in it may be a nice intro into the holiday season. All American holidays I am familiar with, have very practical background. Or, at least there was a practical backround in the past.
Thank you for the MyCalendarLand link in the second subheading, Grilling is for big boys only.
That link's Everything about the father's day article informs us that "Her [Sonora Louise Smart (1882-1978), first Father's Day celebration promoter, at Spokane, Washington, in 1910] initial suggestion to held celebration on June 5, her father's birthday was not accepted due lack of time to preparation of sermons. It was held on Sunday 19, third Sunday in June, instead."
Is it known why the third Sunday in June dominated from that first celebration through its legal national recognition, in 1972, during the Nixon presidential administration?
Thank you for the link to MyCalendarLand in the second paragraph to the second subheading, Grilling is for big boys only.
That link, in its fifth paragraph to its history of Father's Day subheading, informs us about the "red rose for father who was still alive and white for deceased one. Popular alternative was a white lily which later became official Father's Day Flower."
Might there still be a tradition of supplementary roses, with red for a living father and white for a deceased Dad?
The fourth-to-last paragraph considers that "Maybe you don't see him as the best dad (after all you don't know all dads in the world, don't you?), and maybe awesome suits him better?"
Perhaps "best" dad fits one's own father even as perhaps "awesome" fits one's father-in-law, correct?
The first paragraph under the last subheading, More funny fathers' day gifts, considers coffee mugs.
Our katiem2 included in her latest wizzley, Collaborative Blogging: Maximizing Earning Potential Through Affiliate Partnerships, a link to her KeenKate site (https://www.keenkate.com/7-unbelievab...).
The above link is to her 6 Unbelievably Awesome Gifts That Even the Parent Who Has Everything Will Adore.
The gift list mentions, for first place, Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug. The afore-mentioned mug offers a 1.5-hour promise to keep hot drinks hot.
Wouldn't that be a great gift -- albeit not funny -- that would be so practical, timeless, timely, usable, useful?
The 3rd gag gift concerns a bass-fish, enameled belt buckle and bottle opener.
Does that buckle come with a belt or with recommendations for the types of material that would support a buckle perhaps a bit heavier than ordinary?
The second subheading, Grilling is for big boys only, displays an apron already stocked with aluminum-canned drinks, ketchup and mustard containers and some kind of spray.
Does the apron actually come with cans, containers and spray?
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Funny fathers day gag gifts advises us that "There are many more or less useful funny presents available and they are aiming at different directions. Some of them are witty, others plain rude, but all of them can in appropriate situation serve as ice breakers and help to get people in the right mood."
Is rude defined in this context as impolite or as rough?
The fourth paragraph to your introduction alerts us to 33 percent of Father's Day cards as being funny.
What does the other 67 percent convey if not amusement, fun and humor?
The introductory paragraphs appear to advance humorous cards and gifts over such presents as a better hammer.
Might there not be a subtle way to find out what presents a father "who already has everything a living person can imagine" would love to receive and use?