--- title: Google Doodle Celebrates Parents' Day in South Korea description: Google celebrates Parent's Day in South Korea with a new doodle. 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Celebrated on May 8 every year, the holiday was originally instated as Mothers’ Day in the 1930s before the nation’s fathers were added to the mix in 1973\. The day honors both parents rather than having a separate Mother’s and Father’s Day. It is a day for families to spend time together and the government organizes public celebrations and gives out awards. In the [doodle](https://www.google.com/doodles/parents-day-2017), children make red carnation decorations in the shape of Google’s letters. 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