All About Friendship Day 2022

Friendship is one of the most precious things shared between friends in your life. The golden time spent with childhood friends stay as a treasure in our hearts for the whole life.

In order to celebrate this precious bond of togetherness, Friendship day is celebrated every year on first sunday of August month. In India, it will be observed on 7th August this year. In various other regions across the world, it is celebrated on July 30 as well.

People all over the world eagerly wait for Friendship Day, a day dedicated to friends and companionship. Celebrated with great fanfare and enthusiasm by friends, Friendship Day falls on the first Sunday of August each year. In our lives, some friendships stay with us more than others, but that hardly takes away the importance of friendship as even those also carry pleasant associations and serve to sustain your life with hope and abundance. Though the idea of friendship itself is so broad and liberating and cannot be encapsulated in a day’s observance, it does make sense to recognize the essence of friendship on this day. The thing about friendship that sets it apart from all other relationships is that it is pure and divine and means fellowship transcending barriers of race, color, and class. Friendship Day is a tribute to this valuable gift.

Friendship Day was the brainchild of Joyce Hall, who worked with Hallmark Cards. In the year, 1935 the day was universally recognized by the United Nations. It was a feat achieved as today it is globally celebrated with genuine fervor and heartfelt emotions. The day is celebrated with wishes, gifts, friendship bands and lots of other activities.

Friendship to most of us is that elixir that helps us get over monotony and big and small problems of life, as it gives us the strength and hopes to be able to do so when our friends are by our side. The day is now celebrated as a grand festival by many countries around the world. It is the perfect time for friends to get together, have parties, have fun, and share childhood recollections. The day is celebrated with old cheerful memories and sweet moments. As such, friendship day deserves to be recognized for its social aspect. The wave of digital technologies is amply employed to send messages to mark this day and send out invites for gatherings, getaways, musical events, and parties. You can share old photographs, stories, cards, and other surprises with your true friends.

Exchanging personalized gifts, gifting bands, and getting tattoos made are some of the contemporary ways to make this day special. Friendships impart a flavor to our lives. Friendship Day is a day to give free rein to your feelings and emotions by giving interesting twists to all the special things one plans to do.

So what are you waiting for, go ahead and celebrate Friendship day on 07 August and wish your friends a Happy Friendship Day!

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