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Post by Rabbit on Jun 16, 2013 8:30:11 GMT
Is it Father's Day the world over or just here in the UK. I had my daughter bounding in to my bedroom at 7 this morning with presents for her Dad. I'd forgotten all about it with recent events but wondered whether it's just a UK thing?
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Post by gommer on Jun 16, 2013 9:15:04 GMT
It varies. We had it last week (2nd Sunday of June). But 3rd Sunday of June is most common worldwide. To make it even more difficult, in Belgium only around the Antwerp area, it's on March 19th (Saint Joseph's Day). I'm originally from Antwerp, my parents still live there, but i live in East-Flanders. So I have to deal with 2 Father's Days...
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Post by Javier on Jun 16, 2013 9:20:32 GMT
Over here father's day is March 19th, St. Joseph's day.
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Post by solderdude on Jun 16, 2013 9:23:21 GMT
In the USA and NL it's fathersday as well. In Austria and Belgium (except for Antwerp) it was last weekend. In Antwerp (Belgium), Spain, Italy, Switzerland (only in one Canton), Liechtenstein, Portugal, Andorra and Spain it's on March 19 In Germany it's on Ascension Day In Clausland (Denmark) it is always on June 5th Our Australian friends have fathersday on the first Sunday of September. In Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden it is on the second Sunday of November Luxembourg has fathersday on the first Sunday of October
Today it is fathersday in the following countries:
Afghanistan Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Brunei Darussalam Canada Cambodia Chile People's Republic of China** Colombia Costa Rica Cuba CuraƧao Cyprus Czech Republic Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia France Ghana Greece Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Hungary India Israel Ireland Jamaica Japan Kosovo Kuwait Laos Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Qatar Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey United Kingdom United States Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
The above is according to Wiki...
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Post by Rabbit on Jun 16, 2013 10:26:21 GMT
Blimey Frans, I thought you'd kept that all in your head!!! I'm SO glad you mentioned Wonki!!!
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