A smile is a symbol of mood, a reflection of the inner world of each person. With its help you can charm, ask, convince. She helps in any life situations, has people to herself. Smile is the engine of human relations. Without it, the world would indeed be gloomy and gray. That is why we openly and whenever possible demonstrate it. In honor of her, they even came up with a special event dedicated to her - International Smile Day.
The history of the holiday: how it all began
At the source is then still a simple, unknown artist Harvey Bell. This man lived in the middle of the 20th century, painted ordinary paintings and was not particularly different from hundreds of such creative people. But one fine day, employees of an insurance company turned to an ordinary master with a request to draw an interesting logo for them. Harvey got to work and, without thinking twice, portrayed a funny yellow face with eyes and a smiling mouth. He called his masterpiece "emoticon" and handed it to insurers, receiving only $ 45 for his work.
What was his surprise when in the near future the emoticon became popular all over the world. He began to draw on postage stamps, T-shirts, dishes and calendars. As for the insurance company, they quickly realized that their new logo was conquering the whole world, and quickly ordered pins and badges for clothes with his image for all employees. They became pioneers and the first people who proudly showed a yellow face to everyone around.
How the emoticon conquered everyone on the planet
World fame came to this drawing in the 1970s. It was then that the Frenchman Franklin Loufrani decided to bypass the USA. He stated that the idea belonged to him and registered the symbol as a trademark. Of course, the real author did not like this, and Harvey Bell also officially legalized a smiling face with his initials in addition. The man also opened a whole big company dedicated to him. It exists to this day and is called the World Smile Corporation. Her son is the artist, Charles. The organization says that the profit goes only to pay taxes and charity.
Nowadays, a smiley has become very popular on the Internet. He is actively inserted into sentences to portray his emotions when writing emails, postcards and just chatting. Interestingly, Scott Falman from the University of Pennsylvania suggested using a colon with a bracket as his graphic. Although unofficially the sign ":)" was first used by the famous Russian writer Nabokov, but few people know about this.
For the first time, a celebration in honor of a smiling face was celebrated in 1999, on October 1. International Smile Day has since been celebrated on the first Friday of the second fall month. In 2014, this is October 3rd.
International Smile Day: what to give?
If you want to congratulate your family on this holiday, then the present must be prepared also thematic. If this is the International Day of Smile-Emoticon, then the present must be depicted beloved by all faces. For example, in stores you can buy a calendar dedicated to this symbol. Every day you paste emoticons depicting your mood. This creates an emotional picture of your entire year.
You can also give a toaster that produces crisp bread with a smile on it. Another thematic present will be a set of underwear, on each instance of which a different mood is painted at the same time. Thanks to him, it is possible to wear a kit every day, depending on his state of mind. A good solution would be a set of emoticon pillows, sunny smiling slippers and bedding with a smile pattern. All this can be bought in the store, the benefit today is a wide range. With such gifts, International Smile Day will be fun and cool.
How to celebrate International Smile Day
Of course, everyone decides for himself where to go on the first Friday of October. But of course, you need to celebrate this event in the office. Firstly, it is Friday, and a smile is already its symbol. And, secondly, the whole team is easier and more creative to come up with a program for International Smile Day. The script may include general drawing, cutting and pasting yellow faces on the study, singing the children's song "From a smile will become brighter" under a fun tea party.
Something similar can be arranged at home, but there is an opportunity to expand even wider, since this is your own legal territory, and you have the right to create everything you want: from baking a cake in the form of a smile to painting walls in yellow faces. The main thing is that all members of the family should be happy. Include not only children, but even grandparents, dress them in holiday caps, open champagne and sweets and arrange real fun with all its attributes.
Interesting facts about the smile
It is no secret to anyone that with its help we ourselves can raise our spirits. Even when cats scratch their souls, a smile boosts energy charge, increases vigor, and improves the internal emotional state. She is also able to relieve stress and soothe a shaky nervous system. A smile stabilizes pressure and improves the functioning of all systems in the body.
While we are smiling, more than 50 muscles are involved in the face. A small charge occurs, which improves the overall tone, the condition of the skin in the nasolabial part of the head. This means that we look prettier and younger. Also, 15 minutes of laughter have long been equated to one full half-hour training. So, with its help, we also lose weight, keep the figure in excellent condition and improve heart function at the same time.
International Smile Day is only once a year. But now we have many reasons to celebrate it at every opportunity. After all, a smile and laughter not only create a mood, but also make us more healthy, beautiful and young.