Hamper Blog alex.walker on 13 May 2010 01:08 pm
Father’s Day Hampers and Gifts
Father’s Day is a little under 6 weeks away now and we’re busy designing hampers and gifts to mark the occasion. You can find the perfect gift for a Father in our Father’s Day hampers category.
The celebration of Father’s Day was inaugurated in 1910 and is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide. The first observance of Father’s Day is attributed to Sonora Dodd, of Washington, following a Mother’s Day sermon that she attended in Spokane. She wanted a celebration that honoured Fathers like her own, a Civil War veteran whose wife died when Sonora was 16 and raised his 6 children alone.
The celebration was not officially recognised until the 1930′s though, resisted by Congress due to fears that it would become commercialised.
