Valentine's Day

These days there is a lot of hoopla that surrounds Valentine's Day.

I keep hearing people's discontent about commercialization of this day especially by Hallmark, the absolute need to buy cards. Television News broadcasts are filled with statistics on how much a man spends on their girlfriend and how much less a husband spends on their wife. Not to mention how much price of roses drops one day after Valentine's day.. blah blah blah....

I must be a romantic at heart because I love Valentine's Day. I don't love it because of the chocolates or cards, although they are nice. I like Valentine's Day for its purity at the heart of the holiday. The idea of an international day to celebrate people's love for family, friends and significant others. Its almost like Christmas but without all the religious divisions to mess things up.

I agree it can become too much when people take elaborate initiatives to show their significant other how they feel about them and have a need to top it from year to year. What's more socially jaded is when they feel they need to spend exuberant amounts of money.

In my opinion this is a day to spend time together, call family and friends. I think human contact can be more enriching than elaborate gift. Having said that I do love jewelery. :-)

Going back to commercialization of Valentine's Day by Hallmark I refuse to buy cards and I send my family and friends free Hallmark e-cards. I think I'm not the only one because their server is really-really slow today. :-)

To contradict myself now, I will say that my husband and I are going out to a special Valentine's Day dinner. I'm very excited and I can't wait. It's a new French bistro restaurant right here in London, Ontario called Auberge du Petit Prince. Its been noted that French people know how to love ;-). I'm very delighted that he made the reservations and we will have a wonderful night away from home savoring delicious French cuisine.

Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone!!


xoxo

Monika