Fathers' Day is companion celebration to Mothers' Day. Countries recognize Fathers' Day on different dates throughout the year and the United States typically celebrates it on the third Sunday in June. Fathers' day is a secular commemoration usually involve gift-giving and family activities. Contrary to popular belief, Fathers' Day was started around the same time as Mothers' Day and not decades later, which some believe is the case.

While the first Fathers' Day celebration occur at a service in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908, the church does not recognize it as non-secular. It is believed that a parishoner suggested celebrating Fathers' Day to her pastor due to a horrible mine explosion at a nearby mine because most of the 360 men that were killed were fathers. One other reason for Fathers' Day was that a nearby town celebrated Mothers' Day two months earlier.

It took a couple of years for full integration, but Sonora Smart Dodd efforts helped people recognize and celebrate the first June Fathers' Day on June 19, 1910.

President Calvin Coolidge wanted it to be a national holiday in 1924, but nothing happened. In 1966, Lyndon Johnson made Fathers' Day the third Sunday in June, but the holiday wasn't officially recogized until Richard Nixon's presidency.

The most common Fathers' Day gift are ties and other clothing related accessories. More recently, in the past 10-20 years, electronics and power tools have increasingly become popular, and greeting card companies have been producing more and more male-oriented cards. Sports related gifts are always a staple to any gift-giving son or daughter.

Maybe as a backup, don't forget the tie.