Every year, June 21st, Canada's Senior Citizen's Day is very interesting, which is also called? Laughter festival? Because on this day, the gifts children give to the elderly are not precious souvenirs or delicious food, but humor and laughter. In the eyes of Canadians, this is the best holiday gift for the elderly. A friend who immigrated to Canada is here? Old people's day? Go out by bus that day. How many suddenly came up? Clowns? They kept dancing and mumbling in the carriage. One? Clowns? Stopped in front of an old woman, first politely put her right hand on her chest, then bowed to her, and then various expressions changed on her face, which made the old man laugh. How many others? Clowns? I also found different old people in the car and performed various acrobatic skills in front of them. There were bursts of cheerful laughter from time to time in the carriage. A passenger next to him said:? Today is the festival for the elderly, and the best gift for the elderly is to make them laugh. ?

actually, strictly speaking, Canadian? Old people's day? Set the day with the longest sunshine in summer every year, which is found in Ottawa and many Canadian cities? Send the elderly to laugh? At that time, the bookstore will be filled with all kinds of humorous books and magazines for young people to choose as gifts for their elders. In shopping malls, community centers, and even squares and streets in some cities, there will also be clowns and comedians who perform for the elderly. Some volunteers will bring humorous books and comedies to the old people's homes to express their condolences. Some comedians and even politicians will also visit the old people's homes and community centers on this day? Send a smile to your door . On this day, the city channel of TV station will arrange humorous programs, especially in the evening when the ratings of the elderly are the highest. The purpose is the same? Make the old man laugh? .

actually, this? Laughter day for the elderly? At first, it was an activity carefully planned by some chain bookstores to meet the practical needs of Canada's aging society. The purpose was to make the elderly customers who bought more and more books feel kind, warm and have a happier mood. Therefore, the initial form was limited to arranging more humorous books on the day with the longest sunshine in summer every year, and providing special discounts and concessions to the elderly. Some stores also specially organized clowns and humorous performances to set off the show? Laughter day for the elderly? The atmosphere. Activities soon extended to public occasions such as the activity center in the business district, and gradually developed into a public welfare? Festival? Many social organizations and individuals will deliberately choose this day for the elderly? Send a smile to your door .

However, not every place and city in Canada has the same day for the elderly, and some of them have slight differences. For example, some places set it on June 21st, while others choose June 22nd. This is because when is it? The longest sunshine day? Opinions vary, and even different communities in the same city may not be consistent.

some cities, communities and ethnic groups will make their own rules? Old people's day? For example, the Asian community in Toronto will set September 26th every year as? Toronto International Festival for the Elderly? , has held 11 consecutive events, and some cities and communities will? International Day of Older Persons? (October 1) as? Old people's day? To celebrate, and choose on that day to hold such as? For the old man send warm? Activities like that.