I always forget about American Father’s Day. It’s sometime in June, but one of those variable Sunday holidays that hasn’t ever stuck in my memory.
Father’s Day in Taiwan, however, is impossible to forget.
And that’s not just because Wellcome offers special deals on shaving cream, razors, deep friers and scales. (Wait, what? Equal opportunity size-ism in Taiwan?)
In Mandarin, the colloquial word for “father” is “爸爸 ba ba.” In Mandarin, the number eight is 八 ba.
Therefore, August 8 (八八 ba ba) is clearly Father’s Day. Simple. Easy to remember.
I wish it was so easy in America.
If you forgot Father’s Day back in June, let your father know it’s Father’s Day in Taiwan to make up for it! That’s what I do every year.
your pa is well pleased, too.
Pa
爸爸, 我愛你!