Every day the world celebrates some kind of holiday, or even several. There are serious and funny dates, secular and ecclesiastical, worldwide and national. Moms and dads have their day. And grandparents, too, were not ignored, in Canada, for example.
Grandparents Day is celebrated on the Sunday in September that follows Labor Day. This holiday was invented in 1970 by housewife Marian McQuade, who lived at the time in the United States in West Virginia. At first, this day was celebrated only in this state, but after eight years, the founder herself and several of her adherents ensured that the holiday began to be celebrated throughout North America. Canada respects family traditions very much, in this country Grandparents Day took root immediately and people fell in love with it.
On this day, the whole family tries to pay more attention to the older generation, brings food and gifts. Close people get together and celebrate the holiday with board games, tea drinking, viewing albums and other activities that are interesting to grandparents. Old people tell their grandchildren fascinating life stories.
Grandmothers bake sweet pies for their grandchildren, and grandfathers, in turn, try to teach children something new. It is customary in Canada to show grandchildren the skill of barbecue cooking on this day. Often the whole family will have an outdoor picnic, hoping that the weather is good for the elderly.
In Canada, there are a lot of places specially adapted for outings with the family in nature. Some of these open space sites are equipped with sewerage and water supply, which allows you to enjoy the fresh air and the gifts of civilization at the same time. Therefore, not only relatives are often taken to a picnic, but also pets, which make the holiday even more fun.
Older Generation Day is celebrated in about 30 countries around the world. In Russia and Italy, this holiday falls on the last Sunday of October. In Turkey, this day is celebrated on the eighth of February. In the USA, the holiday of grandparents even has its own anthem, which is called A Song For Grandma And Grandpa and was created by John Prill. The symbol of this day is forget-me-not.
