It is an American tradition. The necktie is the perfect gift for your father. Buy you dad a Father's Day tie.
Neckties are still the number one gift for Father's Day
according to the United States Census Bureau.
Father’s Day was conceived by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash.
in 1909. While she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon she thought it was
necessary to have a special day to honor her father, It was on June 19, 1910
for Sonora Dodd's father that a formal day for honoring William Smart, a
widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm.
June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration — proclaimed by
Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of William Smart’s birth.
The first US government presidential proclamation honoring
fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third
Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since
1972 when President Richard Nixon signed into law the third Sunday on June -
Father's Day.
The
statistics for Father's Day
There are 70.1 million fathers Estimated across the U.S.A.
today.
60 nations around the world celebrate Father's Day on the
third Sunday of June.
Father's Day is the busiest day for collect telephone calls
although there are more telephone calls over all on Mother's Day
In
the U.S.A. there are 25.3 million of fathers who were part of married-couple
families with children younger than 18 in 2010.
22
% percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 (among
married-couple family households only).
3
% percent lived in someone else's home.
In 2010
there were 1.8 million single fathers;
· 15
% percent of single parents were men.
· 9
% were raising three or more children younger than 18.
· 46
% approximately were divorced, 30 percent were never married.
· 19
% were separated, and 6 percent were widowed.
· 39
% percent had an annual family income of $50,000 or more.
· An
estimated 102 million Father’s Day cards expected to be given this year in the
United States, making Father’s Day the fifth-largest card-sending occasion.
(Source: Hallmark research)
· 50
% of all Father’s Day cards that are purchased specifically by sons and/or
daughters. Nearly 20 % of Father’s Day cards are purchased by wives for their
husbands; the remaining cards are bought for grandfathers, sons, brothers,
uncles and “someone special.”
Source: Hallmark research
· 73%
Percentage of Americans who plan to celebrate or acknowledge Father’s Day.
Source: Hallmark research and National Retail Federation.
Other items high on the list of Father’s Day gifts include those items you may
find in dad’s toolbox such as hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers. You could buy
some of these items for dad at one of the nation’s 14,864 hardware stores or
5,795 home centers in 2003.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/03cbp/cbp03-1.pdf
More than 68 million Americans participated at a barbecue in
the last year — it’s probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place
on Father’s Day.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2006/
2006 edition, Table 1230
There are 8,111 men's clothing stores around the country (as of 2008), a good
place to buy dad a tie or shirt.
Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
There are 16,010 hardware stores (as of 2008), a place to
buy hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and other items high on the list of
Father's Day gifts. Additionally, there were 7,009 home centers across the country
in 2008.
Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
There are 22,116 sporting goods stores in 2008. These stores
are good places to purchase traditional gifts for dad, such as fishing rods and
golf clubs.
Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
81.5 million Americans participated in barbecues in 2010 —
it's probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father's
Day.
Source: Mediamark Research & Intelligence, as cited in the Statistical
Abstract of the United States: 2011 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Table
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