VALENTINE’S DAY

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Valentine’s Day, a global celebration on 14th Feb every year is a day celebrated all over the globe. It’s a day that celebrates romance, emotions of love & feelings of compassion for each other as couples show their emotions & bonds of love for each other in the form of gifts, chocolates & sharing Valentine’s Day cards.

A Valentine’s Day card is usually shared between boys & girls in schools, colleges, and Universities & shows passion & emotions that include crushes, expressing first love, and even sharing love if you are husband & wife or girlfriend & boyfriend. These celebrations of expressions of love & sentiments are shown as traditionally on this day specifically as there is significant history related to Valentine’s Day.

Origins Of The Day With Brief

HISTORY OF ST. VALENTINE: The origins of the Day could be clearer. However, some people agree that the Day became more popular in the 1840s in countries including the UK and the USA. However, the specific historical roots of the celebrations still need to be clarified amongst the masses. Some traditions say that this day began with the Roman pagan festival Lupercalia, which is a fertility festival from 13th Feb to 15th Feb. The festival Lupercalia involves the sacrifice of animals. Also, a shadow of some activities that are part of the modern-day celebrations of Valentine’s Day.

However, there is a very strong belief regards to St. Valentine & that this Day known as Valentine’s Day, is a day remembered & celebrated in his name. According to myths & legends, St. Valentine signed a letter “From Your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended & healed from blindness. Another common myth states that he defied the order of Emperor Claudius and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war.

VALENTINE’S DAY & ITS COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE?

Valentine’s Day & its commercial importance has increased over the years & since the last half a century it’s a celebration which is getting more global on 14th Feb all over the world. The countries where it is celebrated with huge passion & feelings of love are the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Italy, France, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Spain & many other countries. It is celebrated with far more passion than before in Latin America & European nations. The commercial values & importance have grown far more significantly & it is thanks to print media & digital media. The digital media includes YouTube, Facebook & Instagram, and the commercialization of Valentine’s Day has taken it to new heights.

A day that largely belongs to musical concerts, get-to-gathers, dinners, parties & wild celebrations is commercially significant due to media power. Moreover, it’s the love that needs to be celebrated as how a feeling of a man’s compassion for his love grows over time, also for the feelings & desires of first love or a crush.

SHARING OF EMOTIONS IN THE FORM OF GIFTS, CARDS & CHOCOLATES:

For the sake of expressing some bonding or a relationship, there needs to be some intensity & some vital commitment. Similarly, on 14th Feb, as part of the growing celebrations of Valentine’s Day in memory of St. Valentine, presents are exchanged between the couples. Valentine’s Day cards with sentiments expressed in the form of inspirational writings, poetry or expressing first love in the form of chocolates are all

These trends & customs have transformed since the Valentine’s Day celebrations started to take place & the era is round-about 1840s as it originated from the UK & the USA. From these two countries, it has spread as a global day for lovers to show emotions of strength between each other.

REAL ESSENCE OF THE VALENTINE’S DAY:

The essence of Valentine’s Day is like the value of taste in a sweet dish or fine wine. Valentine’s Day special cards, special chocolates & special cakes easily define the real essence of the day. A special day in terms of the values of emotions of bonds & strong emotions of trust. It’s a day of its kind & also known as “The Lover’s Day.” It’s a day that gives due importance to showing someone that you care for them & you have expressions of love & compassion for the person.

It will be a global celebration in Canada on 14th Feb 2023 & again; the significance revolves heavily around the ‘Feelings’ that need to be unique & highly expressive. Defines your relationship in the form of romance either you celebrate your Valentine’s Day in the form of a candlelight dinner in the ‘City of Romance,’ i.e. Paris, or you take your girlfriend or wife to Venice. Your emotions of belongingness for the day & for the person matters indeed.

Although Valentine’s Day has no cultural or religious significance that makes it a must to be celebrated worldwide, it still has grown more towards its cultural values rather than social ones. It is yet another day of gathering together & celebrating. However, the beautiful day is more dedicated to feelings of ‘Love & Romance.’