Turns out Father's Day was inspired by Mother's Day. The original Mothers Day (I won’t spend much time on this because the day is over) started in the 1860s as “Mother’s Work Day”. It turns out that Father's Day was initially not embraced as readily as Mother's Day was. And thus, Mother's Day and Father's Day remained separate because two holidays where you have to buy gifts are better than one for retailers. I can’t even imagine my son turning to me on that day and saying “Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day, Dad”.

Source: The Star June 14, 2021 09:56 UTC