Or as my daughter says, „i love valentines day, on the 15th the good chocolate is only half price“
Why don`t i like Valentines day? It`s just one simple reason, it`s to much!
I am basicly just waiting for a valentines packaging on windex at this point. Valentines day originated in the 14th century to celebrate St. Valentin. Several christian martyrs where called Valentin, this particular guy was a christian priest who died a martyrs death and has then become a symbol of celebrating the romantic love.
Yes, a christian priest, who wasn`t allowed to have any romantic love to another person, died and now stands for valentinesday. And we celebrate it by packaging even catfood with little hearts.
Valentinesday slowly turned into a giftpressuring day, a simple rose won`t do it anymore. It`s dinners in expensive restaurants, jewelry, tons of cheap decoration you will use for one day only at the dollar store, kids can buy roses in school to give away, but by the end of the day it only matters how many roses you got.
On the 15th all the cute packaged chocolate, bottles and gifts will either be repackaged or sold half price, maybe even trashed. In one year from now most will not even remember what they did last valentines day. Do something different this year Visit loved ones you haven`t seen in a while, spend the day with your kids, visit your grandparents, help a neighbour who is alone and barely get`s around.
Spread some real love and less mindless consumption of things you don`t need and other don`t want to have.