Australia
Queensland was the first Australian state to officially celebrate Grandparents' Day - on the first Sunday in November, 2010. A range of community events took place in schools and at sporting events around the state.
Canada
National Grandparents Day began in Canada in 1995. Motion Number 273 submitted in the House of Commons by Mr. Sarkis Assadourian read:
That, in the opinion of this House, the government should consider designating the second Sunday in September of each year as grandparents day in order to acknowledge their importance to the structure of the family in the nurturing, upbringing and education of children.The motion was agreed to, but Grandparents Day remains relatively unknown in most parts of the country as of 2010.
Estonia
Grandparents Day (vanavanemate päev) is celebrated, beginning in 2010, on the second Sunday in September.
France
In France, Grandmothers Day began in 1987 and is celebrated on the first Sunday in March.
Italy
In Italy, Grandparents Day was established in 2005 and is celebrated on October 2, Guardian Angels' Day in Roman Catholic Church.
Poland
In Poland, Grandmother's Day (Polish: Dzień Babci) was created in 1964 by the "Kobieta i Życie" magazine, and popularized from 1965 onwards. It is celebrated on January 21. Grandfather's Day (Polish: Dzień Dziadka) is celebrated a day later, on January 22.
United Kingdom
The celebration was introduced to the UK in 1990 by the charity Age Concern. It has been celebrated on the first Sunday in October since 2008, although it is not widely advertised and hasn't been as commercially successful as Mothers and Fathers Day. Businesses specialising in gifts and greeting cards have started merging the respective grandparents days with Mothers Day and Fathers Day to try and boost sales.
United States
The U.S.'s National Grandparents Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day, in September. In 2010, it falls on September 12, and in 2011 on September 11 (also the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorism attacks).
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