Thread: Father's Day Vs. Mother's Day
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Old 06-16-2013, 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by julie View Post
When I was in restaurant management about 7 years ago, Father's Day consistently beat Mother's Day in sales. Personally, I dislike both holidays feeling they are contrived by marketers to get us to spend money. I've asked my children to not buy anything for me, what I really like is for all of us to spend time together, usually for dinner at my house. The families just left about 30 minutes ago, after our Father's Day get-together.
"contrived by marketers to get us to spend money." You hit the nail on the head. So many holidays are like that now. Spend, spend, spend.
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