Father’s Day is honored on different dates around the world. In the US, Canada and UK it is celebrated on the third Sunday of June, which is June 20th in 2010. http://www.whenis.co.uk/articledetail.php?wiaid=67 Father’s day is on the 5th of September in Australia and New Zealand while Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden celebrate the second Sunday in November. http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/fathers-day-international.htm The earliest signs of Father’s Day are from around 4000 years ago, after a Father’s day message was found carved on a clay card in Babylon. http://www.fathersdaycelebration.com/fathers-day-history.html The first Father’s Day church service took place in 1909. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090618-fathers-day-2009-gifts-facts.html.

The most popular Father’s Day gifts include cards and neckties. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090618-fathers-day-2009-gifts-facts.html. Other Father’s Day gifts include chocolates and small gestures including Father’s Day poems. Father’s Day Poems are a great way to show your father how much you love, care and appreciate him on Father’s Day. Father’s Day Poems can be found online for free. There are many sites including Funmunch.com and Poems For Free which offer a variety of different poems. Some of the poems featured are specific for daughter or son. These poems can be used to personalize Father’s Day cards and gifts. Young children can design their own Father’s day card and write a poem inside.

Father's Day is normally celebrated via the exchange of cards, gifts and other small gestures such as breakfast in bed and other treats for Dad. There are Father's Day festivals throughout the world.

Father's Day cards normally contain a verse to convey love and appreciation to your father. A father's day poem can be a nice way to show your love to your father.

Father's Day Poems can be used to show how much dads and fathers are appreciated. Young children may wish to read poems aloud on the morning of Father's day.

Here is an example of a Father's Day Poem from Funmunch.com:

"I just want you to know you mean the world to me, Only a heart as dear as yours would give so unselfishly.

The many things you've done, all the times that you were there, helps me know deep inside how much you really care.

Even though I might not say, I appreciate all you do, Richly blessed is how we feel having a father just like you."

Free Father's Day Poems can be found online at Poems For Free.http://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html These poems can be handwritten onto father's day cards, or even engraved onto photo frames or other small gifts. Personalized cards and gifts make the best father's day gift ideas.