Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June in Chile, a time to remember and celebrate those figures who are often our heroes.
Father’s Day has a commemoration date and a commercial date, a double celebration.
When or what is the date of Father’s Day in Chile 2024?
According to the law in Chile, Father’s Day has an official date, which is June 19 of each year, and that this 2024, according to the calendar, will be a Wednesday.
However, since it is a weekday, it is not common to celebrate it on that date.
Precisely because of the above, there is another commercial date, the third Sunday of the sixth month of the year, which in 2024 will be this Sunday June 16.
Why is it celebrated, what is its origin?
Unlike Mother’s Day, which arose during the Civil War in the United States by a woman who wanted to honor her mother, Father’s Day It does not have a clear origin, for that reason the date varies between Chile and other countries.
According to National Geographic, Dad’s Day may have an origin in the early 1900s in the United States, when a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd proposed the birthday of her father, who also fought in the aforementioned civil war, to honor him.
On the other hand, it is said that in Spain a teacher proposed it, around 1940, when receiving complaints from parents who also wanted to be highlighted as on Mother’s Day.
In Chile, Father’s Day is officially celebrated on June 19, in accordance with Decree 1,110 of 1976, in recognition of the significant value of the family for Chilean society.
