So there is a high probability that even you might have believed in the tale of tooth fairies and waited with excitement for your tooth to he replaced with a gift by the tooth fairy. And children too shows a great interest in it as recent surveys also shows that around 40-65% of children believes on tooth fairies depending on their age as told by their parents. National Tooth Fairy Day Significance:Īs said earlier still today in the modern world of technology the story regarding tooth fairies is quite popular among the kids. And like tgse people started telling story of tooth fairy to children and this became a very popular trend as tooth fairies started to appear in media and school plays as well. Soon by the 1920s parents started telling stories of fairies to their children in order to encourage them towards eating vegetables, go to sleep on time, brushing teeth and similar other things. However in the modern times for the first time tooth fairies appeared in the 18th century French fairytale called 'La Bonne Petite Souris.' In the American history the first reference regarding the tooth fairies came in the 'Chicago Daily Tribune' Household hints column. The tradition of a child receiving a gift from a fairy in return of a lost teeth can be traced back to medieval Europe. The origins of fairies dates back to 13th century Emgland where they were described for the first time by Gervase of Tilbary.

And among them Tooth Fairy is the most fascinating as its description is not well documented as the other too. There are three prominent myth figures which are most popular among the children today and those are Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

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Story of the toothfairy