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With Father’s Day around the corner Guinness has launched a new gift pack to help celebrate those who shine brightest in your lives. The gifting package includes two bottles of Guinness, and an engraved Guinness Goblet saying, “Happy Father’s Day.” It is available for ##at all Naivas and Quickmart outlets and online here at Purpink.
Head down to Chandarana Adlife, Liquor House, or Naivas Waterfront on the 17th and 18th of June to purchase a Guinness gift pack, and you can get your personalized message engraved for free. What better way to say thanks than with the ultimate gift of a perfectly served and personalized Guinness?
Father’s Day
The holiday, created to honour dads, father figures and paternal bonds across the nation, symbolises love and appreciation for all they do.
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So what exactly is the day’s origin? When was the first Father’s Day celebrated?
Here’s what to know about the holiday and where it got its start:
Although it’s not recognized as a federal holiday, Father’s Day is celebrated each year on the third Sunday in June.
This year if falls on June 18th
When was the first Father’s Day?
The first Father’s Day was celebrated in 1910, but it took more than six decades for it to become official.
The holiday piggybacked off Mother’s Day, which became a commercial holiday in 1908. By 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, said the second Sunday of May would be dedicated to honouring “that tender, gentle army, the mothers of America.”
However, in 1916, Wilson recognized Father’s Day, and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge urged states to observe the holiday.
Finally 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson made the first presidential proclamation that honoured fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.
Well, here is to fathers Day from Guinness. May you enjoy the day with Guinness energy.
