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A brief history of the 'Hallmark' holiday

It is Father’s Day tomorrow! Surely no other days of celebration in the calendar fill us all with more anxiety than these “hallmark” days – they're easy to forget, there seems to be more and more of them year on year, and let’s face it, they’re just a ploy to get us to buy more stuff. But how did it all start? Brian Lloyd from Entertainment.ie joins Anton to discuss.

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09.55 17 Jun 2023


A brief history of the 'Hallmark' holiday


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09.55 17 Jun 2023


It is Father’s Day tomorrow!

Surely no other days of celebration in the calendar fill us all with more anxiety than these “hallmark” days – they're easy to forget, there seems to be more and more of them year on year, and let’s face it, they’re just a ploy to get us to buy more stuff.

But how did it all start?

Brian Lloyd from Entertainment.ie joins Anton to discuss.


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