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Friendship Day 2012
Friendship
Day was first celebrated publicly in the US in 1935,
when the first Sunday in August was proclaimed National Friendship
Day.
Today,
Friendship Day remains a tradition observed in many countries
and cultures around the world, a time to celebrate our friends
by recognizing that to have a good friend we must be a
good friend.
When
is Friendship Day 2012?
Since Friendship Day is always celebrated on the first Sunday
in August, it is celebrated this year on Sunday, August 5,
2012. Observing Friendship Day includes giving gifts and tokens of affection, special party get-togethers, or just warm
and simple declarations of how important friends are to us
through thick and thin, good times and bad.
Ways
to celebrate Friendship Day
Besides
expressing the love and respect your have for your friends,
here are some ways to make Friendship Day an extra-special
celebration:
- Send
out greeting cards or e-cards, or send small gifts of flowers
or candy to brighten their day.
- Plan
a day out with friends, meet them for lunch or dinner, or
treat them to a movie.
- Invite
all your friends over for a Friendship Day party - no need
to wait for a birthday or holiday! Just make sure it's informal,
where everyone can relax and enjoy each other's company.
- Finally,
renew old friendships by calling old friends to share a
laugh, catch up on their lives, or to recall the good times
you often had with them.
More
about Friendship Day around the Web:
Elsewhere
on the Web, find out more about Friendship Day with links
to e-cards, crafts, activities, fun facts and a bit of history
to help you celebrate the day...with good friends!...
"Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver and the other gold.
Friendship
Day
- Major site celebrating the day in India with poems, songs,
e-cards, quotes, gift suggestions and lots more ...
The
Friendship Page: International Friendship Day!
- Wall-to-wall with related friendship poems, quotes, songs
and movies, tributes, e-card links and more, plus a very active
messageboard.
Yahoo!
Greetings - Friendship - Animated e-cards to send
to friends.
Activity
Idea Place - Friendship - Lots of kid-friendly ideas
plus fun learning including lesson plans, games & activities,
coloring projects.
Friendship
Quotes
- "It is one of the blessings of old friends that
you can afford to be stupid with them." (Ralph Waldo
Emerson), and "Remember, no man is a failure who has
friends." (Clarence, in It's a Wonderful Life)
and more classic quotes on the subject...
Poet's
Corner - Friendship - Read what poets Emily Bronte,
William Wadsworth and other famous poets had to say on the
subject of friendship ....
Friends
and Friendship Web
- An entire site devoted to the importance of making and keeping
friends, setting limits on friendship, the art of conversation,
avoiding toxic friendships, and more from Cyberparent.com.
International
Pen Friends - Apply online to become a pen pal with
thousands of other like-minded people from around the world
and of all ages, colors and religions to contact via snail
mail or e-mail.
also
see related feature -> 7
Ways to Make New Friends
also see in Holidays -> Claddagh
Friendship Ring
Rakhi
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