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World Smile Day 2017 is celebrated annually on the first Friday of October - that is, October 6, today. Smile Day features author artist Harvey Bell. He came up with and drew a smiley face.

The first emoticon we should be grateful for this holiday was drawn by American artist Harvey Ball. Unremarkable until a certain day, the artist, having received an order from the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America to execute the company's business card, drew the first emoticon - a smiling yellow face.

Today is Smiley Day (Smile Day)

With the development of the Internet, this drawing became iconic and received a proper name for a smiley, and subsequently gave work to thousands of designers who have come up with hundreds of different smileys today.

It was in 1963. And a miracle happened, as always in our life unexpectedly and abruptly. After the customers got the idea behind this simple drawing and made it the company's logo, they made and handed out smiley face badges to their employees.

The success exceeded all expectations. The company's customers were also amazed by this face. Literally a month later, ten thousand such badges were issued.

And then the smiley went to walk as a logo on clothes, postcards and other places. As it is now fashionable to say, the smiley was a viral success.

World Smile Day was celebrated in 1999. This day should be dedicated to good mood. Motto of the day: "Do a good deed. Help bring at least one smile. Now Smile Day is celebrated all over the world with various actions and flash mobs.

World Smile Day is unusual Holy holiday, which is noted in first Friday of October. It turns out that you still have time to throw a grand party on the occasion of World Smile Day 2018!

The history of the holiday

Let's look at the recent past - in the middle of the 20th century. One day, representatives of the marketing department of one of the many insurance companies in America set out to acquire their own logo, which would be placed on business cards, flyers, price lists and other papers. Marketers had a modest budget, so they could not turn to eminent artists.

So fate brought the insurers together with the modest artist Harvey Bell, whose paintings few people ever heard of. Bell came up with a creative approach to the task - and hit right on target. He chose a simple but memorable drawing - a cute smiling face, which everyone knows today, young and old. Not particularly counting on a grandiose success, the customers accepted the work and said goodbye to the artist. And the clients of the insurance company were delighted! Still - imagine: on the badge of an employee of the office where you have just entered, a pretty face with a good-natured smile is drawn. What else can cause an instant location?

Soon, cunning entrepreneurs who had nothing to do with this order patented the sign. It is unpleasant, to be sure, but Bell did not dispute the violation - instead, the artist suggested choosing a day on which they would celebrate the holiday of a smile. He considered that World Smile Day would be more correct to arrange in gloomy weather, when it may have been raining outside the window for a long time, and the sun does not think to look out.

Electronic emoticon

Speaking of world day smiles, one cannot fail to mention Scott Fahlman, who in 1982 introduced the computer smile symbol. It would be interesting to calculate how many times a year on average a person uses this funny emoticon to decorate their letters.

World Smile Day 2018

This year the festival will take place on 5 October, Friday. It will be celebrated for the 18th time. The end of the work week is the perfect time to party! We offer a few ideas:

• You can take a very serious approach to smiling on this day: businessmen often announce big discounts to customers who send their application containing emoticons on World Smile Day.
• On this day, it is customary to arrange life-affirming actions and flash mobs.
• Start collecting photos of friends and family where they genuinely smile.
• Invite guests by decorating your home with emoticon balloons.
• In the office, next to the calendar or clock, hang a colored picture - let the cheerful smiley from now on cheer up everyone - both employees and visitors. Making all this is very simple, but these ideas will bring a lot of joy - see for yourself!

May World Smile Day 2018 start many good traditions everywhere!

According to scientists, we begin to smile even in the womb. So it seems that this is the natural state of man. A lot has been written about the smile, films have been made about it, the whole world knows the legendary “Mona Lisa smile”, you can meet a smiling face in a variety of situations. Psychologists have more than a hundred various options smiles. But almost all of them are accompanied by exceptionally positive emotions. Well, how was it not to create a new holiday for such a significant and, most importantly, pleasant state, which millions will celebrate with pleasure?

Story

The founder of World Smile Day is an American artist of the mid-20th century, Harvey Bell. He did not glorify his name with works of painting, was not of particular interest to critics, and his work was clearly not in danger of immortality. However, when he received an order to create a bright and memorable emblem for an insurance company, Harvey managed to write his name into history. He created a well-known symbol for all of us - "smiley" - a yellow smiling face. This significant event dates back to 1963.

The work was accepted by the customers, and the success of the new "business card" was simply fantastic - more than 10,000 smiley face icons were released within a couple of months! Almost immediately, the yellow face began to live on envelopes and matchboxes, T-shirts and baseball caps, and many other media.

Even the U.S. Post Office has been honored to issue a special stamp containing an image of a smiley face. Bell was happy. In addition to gaining well-deserved fame, he managed to do the impossible - to give his smile to almost all of humanity! Then it occurred to someone that such a significant event deserves its own holiday date. And in 1999, on the first Friday in October, for the first time in history, World Smile Day was celebrated.

Traditions

The list of promotions held on the most smiling day of the year is very extensive. These are charity events and fairs, fun activities for children and quite adult corporate events held with humor.

The date under discussion is celebrated both in institutions and in friendly companies, in commercial firms and public organizations. On this day, very serious statesmen and professional clowns, kids and old people, women and men smile. good tone On Smile Day, it is considered to greet with a smile everyone who meets you on the street, in the office or at home.

Keep up this good tradition!

A universal selection of gift ideas for every occasion and occasion. Surprise your friends and loved ones! ;)

Greetings blog readers with an undisguised smile! Did you know that World Smile Day is approaching, celebrated in early October. How great is that! Despite the bad weather, this day simply has to be good. In general, is it necessary to wait for the holiday? Let's fill our lives with positivity!

By the way, not so long ago I read an article in a women's magazine about five reasons that cause a daily smile:

1. Children. They rejoice in everything and make us happy. It is worth learning from them positive, laugh more often and enjoy every moment. Their face lights up with a smile that simple things cause;
2. - dogs and cats, hamsters, aquarium fish daily give a sea of ​​\u200b\u200bjoy to their owners. I know from my own experience that pets can sometimes make you laugh to tears with their pranks. They give me a sea of ​​​​positive;
3. Laugh at yourself. This approach helps to cope with problems, you begin to look at everything around you in a different way. With such optimism, any difficulties are more easily overcome;
4. tell a joke. So you can improve your mood and those around you. Successful jokes provide a positive charge for a long time;
5. Give gifts. Even a trifle will cheer up the gifted and the giver. Draw the symbol of the Day of Smiles - a yellow joyful smiley face - and get a smile yourself!

The history of the holiday

In general, we have decided on the reasons for smiling. Now a little about the history of the holiday itself. It has been celebrated every year since 1999. The holiday appeared thanks to the American artist Harvey Bell. The same one, with the light hand of which the first yellow emoticon appeared - a symbol of the sun and light. Looking at this bright and emotional character, people still smile involuntarily.

Invented as the logo of an insurance company, he soon became widely known and began to live an independent life.

In Russia, the emoticon began its victorious march in the same 99th. At the same time, in the social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and others, for the first time, it became possible to communicate with the help of funny faces. No matter what day or month. Now in the arsenal of social networks there are already a huge number of emoticons with various expressions of emotions and moods.

When is Smile Day celebrated in 2017-2018?

Now every year, and in 2017 it will be October 6, and in 2018 - October 5 (the first Friday of October), World Smile Day is celebrated in all parts of the globe. Probably the most positive of all holidays on the planet. And it will become a great sin, when everyone is smiling, not to please loved ones and friends with gifts.

1. T-shirts, souvenirs and other useful little things or trinkets with the obligatory image of a smiley become an actual gift on this holiday. You can even add this friendly face to any thing - and the surprise is ready. Most importantly, presents on such a day should cheer up and make a person smile.
2. Give any item with a smiling yellow face. Sugar in the form of multi-colored emoticons will become a sweet gift. It will perfectly sweeten tea and cheer you up in bad weather.
3. And how do you like a present in the form of a roll of toilet paper, on which jokes are printed? Or a suitcase with a year's supply of new socks?
4. Well, for us, who spend a lot of time at the computer monitor, a good gift will become a "mouse" rug with a familiar face.
5. Treat your children to a bubble show or a circus. Give them a fun toy or a mask of a character from a familiar cartoon.

What is the holiday of a smile if it passes without jokes or unexpected surprises? Show imagination. Try to keep your jokes on the edge and always be kind and harmless.

Concluding my next post about international day smiles, I want to remind you that positive attitude prolongs our lives by about seven years. So, smile even to strangers.

Tell your friends about this article. Let them share the secrets of a good mood. Be healthy and smile! Every day! Until we meet again

Sincerely, Anastasia Skoreva

International Smile Day was created by American artist Harvey Ball. The artist was so-so, if not mediocre, so his work was clearly not destined to remain in the annals of history. But like anyone creative person, Harvey wanted immortality, if not in the physical sense, then in the spiritual one - to remain forever in the memory of mankind.

Once, an American insurance company needed a logo, the development budget was small, so they turned to Mr. Ball. Without thinking twice, Harvey drew eyes, a mouth, a back and got what we all now call a “smiley”.

The insurers happily accepted the new logo, gave the artist a few hundred bucks and replicated their logo on the badges. Employees were delighted, customers were happy, and the funny face was already transferred to T-shirts, postcards, matchboxes and other promotional products. "Smiling Face" was so popular that it was even stamped on stamps by the US Post Office.

Harvey Ball achieved his goal - he got into eternity, and his creation has been bringing joy to people for more than fifty years. Handing out numerous interviews left and right, Harvey was not modest, but directly stated that his brilliant creation received the greatest recognition in the world. Grandpa Harvey himself passed away in 2001, but thanks to him, World Smile Day lives and will live, we hope, forever. In the meantime, smile more often, and especially on October 4, 2019, International Smile Day.

When is World Smile Day 2019?

Every year, on the first Friday of October, the whole world smiles and celebrates the International (World) Smile Day. In 2019, smiling and congratulating each other should be on October 4th.