What is Valentine’s day? “ St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies.[2] A popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius Valentine's day. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day.
I think Valentine's day is a beautiful romantic day, America has adopted it, and now it has become a part of the American culture. And it’s not only in the States but also making it’s roots all around the world.
In America we celebrate by giving cards, flowers, chocolates and presents such as jewelry to our spouse or partner. Many people even arrange romantic dinners in restaurants or in hotels. And the most common symbol of Valentine's Day is the heart, particularly in red and pink. Here is my observation about Valentine's day in the States: Over the years it has become for companies a huge business day. Anything associated with valentine's day they make the most money out of it. In my opinion Valentine's day has lost it’s true meaning, which is to celebrate love.
I don’t see anything wrong with having a day once a year to call Valentine's day. But I do see an issue with not all but many couples who don’t treat their partner with love throughout the year. Whether you are a man or a woman you should be nice and love each other always. I am not materialistic and I guess that’s why it bothers me when I see people buying things to make others happy. And we all know companies take full advantage of that. Yes, it is true that things do make some of us happy but only for a very short time. But the feeling you provide to your love partner will stays with her or him always.
A lot of partners get excited about Valentine's day but at the same time many partner’s heart get broken that day. I wonder how many of us know that valentine's day is one of the top breakup days in the States. “The covers of glossy magazines and the good folks at Hallmark believe that, come Valentine's Day, we get all hot and bothered about romance and relationships. But it seems an increasing number of couples are using the holiday as a springboard to evaluate their love lives. And instead of making up or making out, some couples are breaking up and moving out. A new Yahoo! survey found that between the December holidays and Valentine's Day, people are more than twice as likely to consider breaking up than any other time of the year. Some daters just don't want to fake the romance any longer”. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2863607. Normally when we hear about Valentine's day we don’t think about it being a break up day, right? But for some people it is. Have a great Valentine's day every single day of the year!
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