Friendship international day
Friendship day was originally founded by
Hallmark in 1919. It was intended to be a day for people to celebrate their
friendship by sending each other cards, but by 1940 the market had dried up,
and eventually it died out completely. However, in 1998 Winnie the Pooh was
named the world’s Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations (believe it or
not!), and in April 2011 the United Nations officially recognized 30th July as International
Friendship Day; although most countries celebrate on the first
Sunday of August!
According to the Friendship
Day declaration,
we are invited to “observe this day in an
appropriate manner, in accordance with the culture and other appropriate
circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities,
including through education and public awareness-raising activities”.
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