The celebration of Friendship Day takes place on the first Sunday of August every year. The tradition of honoring friends on a specific day started long back in US around 1935. Gradually the celebration of the Friendship Day started in other countries also including India. This is a special day dedicated for the friends and is to show how important friends are in our lives. None of us can ignore the role of a friend in our life thus there is a day fully dedicated for the friends and friendship. In 1935, the National Friendship Day was first proclaimed and henceforth celebration of the Friendship Day became an annual event. In 1997, Winnie-the-pooh has been declared as the Ambassador of Friendship around the world. In the modern world, there are various ways to celebrate Friendship Day. Ideally people like to spend the entire day with their friends and they like to sit together talking, chatting, and having funs. Small outings are arranged along with the friends. To express our love and affection for our friends, we give them cards, flowers and different types of gifts. There are many types of friendship cards available and we can even make the customized ones with the help of the templates available on the web. People even wear different types of wrist bands to express their love and honor for this friendship day. Exchange of wrist band is also very popular.
