When is Mexican Father's Day 2023? What to know about the holiday El Día del Padre
As May turns to June, many of us are looking forward to summer holidays. There's one coming up toward the end of June that some of us tend to forget to mark on our calendars. Can you guess which holiday?
It's Father's Day. Before you forget, you should go and put it on your calendar. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it slipped your mind. Unlike Mother's Day, with more than a 100-year heritage, this celebration is relatively new. It wasn't until 1972 that the Nixon administration proclaimed Father's Day a national holiday.
Here's everything you need to know about Father's Day, including when it's celebrated in Mexico.
What day is Father's Day?
Father's Day always falls on the third Sunday of the June.
When is Father's Day 2023?
Father's Day 2023 lands on June 18.
Is Father's Day the same day in Mexico?
Father's Day is observed on the same day in the U.S. and Mexico.
What is Father's Day called in Mexico?
Father's Day is called Día del Padre in Mexico.
When is Mexican Father's Day, or Día del Padre?
Unlike Día de las Madres, this holiday is not held on the exact same date each year. Día del Padre is like Father's Day in the U.S. It's celebrated annually on the third Sunday of June.
This year Día del Padre is on June 18.
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Who invented Father's Day?
The tradition of Father's Day has its roots in the early 1900s, when two women proposed similar ideas to pay tribute to fatherhood.
In 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia Grace Golden Clayton proposed a tribute day after a mining accident that killed hundreds of men. The first documented Father's Day celebration in U.S. history was held in their memory on Jul. 5.
On the west coast, the daughter of a single father proposed a similar idea in Spokane, Washington. In honor of her father, Sonora Smart Dodd initially wanted June 5, her father's birthday, to be recognized as the day to celebrate fatherhood.
However, the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA chose the third Sunday of June in order to give people more time between Mother's Day and Father's Day, according to The Farmer's Almanac.
Is Father's Day different every year?
Yes, it is every third Sunday of June, rather than a specific date. That's how Father's Day has been observed since President Lyndon B. Johnson's proclamation to designate the holiday on this date in 1966, later made into a national holiday by President Richard Nixon in 1972.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: When is Mexican Father's Day? What to know about El Día del Padre
