Family
Day is a day held on the 2nd Monday of each February; created to
allow families to have a day dedicated to spending time with each other. In
Canada, the provinces Family Day is celebrated in are: Alberta, Manitoba,
Ontario, Saskatchewan, and now as of 2013, British Colombia. It wasn’t
customary in Ontario until 2007.
The
first celebration of Family Day (in Canada) was held in Alberta in 1995 by the
Pioneers who founded that province. They had this day because families and
their customs were very important to the pioneers.
The purpose of Family
Day is to highlight the importance of families and family life to people and
communities which they live in. Today, the purpose of family day has mostly
remained the same. Few differences may include the activities families choose
to partake in together. We celebrate Family Day to appreciate the value
families contain and to give workers the opportunity to spend time with their
families. Also, there was a big gap between new years and Good Friday which are
2 holidays which people get time off work and school. Family Day was placed in
between them to shorten the gap where families get together and spend time with
one-another.
sources:http://www.statutoryholidays.com/family-day.php
http://www.hintonparklander.com/2008/02/18/family-day-history
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/family-day
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CEkQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadianaconnection.com%2F2013%2F01%2Ffamily-day-canada%2F&ei=j5eBUsyqDuWu2AXEyIDIBA&usg=AFQjCNFFg0ibrXO77N7HguahAiRY0wXoHQ&sig2=1PEGTRicksrTJmW9IgBgBQ
Is Family Day only celebrated in Canada?
ReplyDeleteDo you feel that the family structure today has sort of dwindled compared to what the family structure was like in the past?
ReplyDeleteDo you believe that most people (especially kids) take this day off for granted and don't actually spend it with family?
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