Today’s Metro had a full-page display ad claiming that Father’s Day is getting Screwed. It explains that even little Groundhog Day gets more attention. At the end of the two-page missive, the way out of this painful quandry is happily revealed-buy HBO DVDs. Whew! What a relief that the holiday will not go neglected.

But this public service does not go far enough. Let’s be very clear: a big part of why Father’s Day is being neglected is that we’re spending our money on the Fathers themselves.

One of the worst forms of this poor judgment is, for example, budgeting. Some people look at recent inflation figures and boyir that for most of us, real income has continued creeping downwards. So they think they’re doing dad a favor by not spending his hard-earned money on frivolous mind-numbing entertainment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Dad’s needs are beside the point. The needsof the holiday are what matters. Or, more accurately, the needs of the company who realized there’s a holiday whose commercial aspect still has no natural ‘owner.’

I would like to respectfully point out another holiday that is even more neglected than Father’s day. It is Stever Day. A little known, lonely holiday, it is traditionally celebrated by sending large aims of money to Stever, or buying his products or services. It is a floating holiday that occurs by remarkable coincidence on the very day you read this. So get out those credit cards. Though I would never ask for money myself, the holiday is lonely and desperately craves your immediate attention.

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