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laurainlimbo at 10:13pm on 14/02/2011 under valentine's day
laurainlimbo at 10:13pm on 14/02/2011 under valentine's dayThank you dawnie1970 and sadistic_kitten for the virtual mystery gifts on my profile page! I love mysteries!! Also thanks to orygun_forest for the virtual cake! yummy!!
And since it's February 14th...
Glitterfy.com - Valentines Day Glitter Graphics
It's already the end of Valentine's Day here, and it was not a special day. As I hear many of my friends saying about this holiday, and as I've pretty much always felt, I think Valentine's Day is a silly holiday that is best saved for children, and hopeless romantics, or people who are in brand new relationships, and who are starry-eyed for each other. I love my husband. In fact I love him more and more all the time - the longer we're together. Which is precisely why I didn't give him a card or chocolates today. I don't need a special day for me to tell him how much I care about him. I can show him every day - or any day during the year. And same goes for him to show me his love.
And to add to the silliness, here in Japan Valentine's Day is such a big deal that they have actually two holidays for the price of one. February 14th, Valentine's Day, is the day for girls (or women) to give chocolates to boys (or men). And then, on March 14th (next month), we have what is called "White Day" when boys can then give chocolates to girls! Silly huh? Well of course it is! Especially when you consider that Valentine's Day is just one of the many holidays that Japanese have "borrowed" or taken from western cultures and made their own. Japanese people don't really celebrate Christmas or Halloween the way that we do in America, for example - but you will always see lots of the typical decorations around during both holidays. But Valentine's Day has become a pretty big holiday here in Japan - and mostly for the chocolate companies. People don't typically give anything but chocolate - no flowers, no jewelry... just chocolate.
Anyway - if you are a person who celebrates Valentine's Day, and if you're in love (or at least in a relationship that makes you generally happy), then I hope you have a fun day! If you have children, I'm sure you will have an opportunity for exchanging Valentine's - that's always fun too! But even if you hate the concept of Valentine's Day because it's a big money-making scheme for flower and candy and card companies - and even if you are bitter because love just doesn't come your way - or you've been jilted one too many times - I think Valentine's Day can still be a chance for us to think about who we love, and who is important in our lives. (and I sort of stole this idea fromjava_fiend who wrote a great post saying similar sentiments - which I thought was great!)
So I celebrate my entire Friend's list today (and every day)! and all my family and friends around the world!
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
dawnie1970 and sadistic_kitten for the virtual mystery gifts on my profile page! I love mysteries!! Also thanks to orygun_forest for the virtual cake! yummy!!And since it's February 14th...
Glitterfy.com - Valentines Day Glitter Graphics
It's already the end of Valentine's Day here, and it was not a special day. As I hear many of my friends saying about this holiday, and as I've pretty much always felt, I think Valentine's Day is a silly holiday that is best saved for children, and hopeless romantics, or people who are in brand new relationships, and who are starry-eyed for each other. I love my husband. In fact I love him more and more all the time - the longer we're together. Which is precisely why I didn't give him a card or chocolates today. I don't need a special day for me to tell him how much I care about him. I can show him every day - or any day during the year. And same goes for him to show me his love.
And to add to the silliness, here in Japan Valentine's Day is such a big deal that they have actually two holidays for the price of one. February 14th, Valentine's Day, is the day for girls (or women) to give chocolates to boys (or men). And then, on March 14th (next month), we have what is called "White Day" when boys can then give chocolates to girls! Silly huh? Well of course it is! Especially when you consider that Valentine's Day is just one of the many holidays that Japanese have "borrowed" or taken from western cultures and made their own. Japanese people don't really celebrate Christmas or Halloween the way that we do in America, for example - but you will always see lots of the typical decorations around during both holidays. But Valentine's Day has become a pretty big holiday here in Japan - and mostly for the chocolate companies. People don't typically give anything but chocolate - no flowers, no jewelry... just chocolate.
Anyway - if you are a person who celebrates Valentine's Day, and if you're in love (or at least in a relationship that makes you generally happy), then I hope you have a fun day! If you have children, I'm sure you will have an opportunity for exchanging Valentine's - that's always fun too! But even if you hate the concept of Valentine's Day because it's a big money-making scheme for flower and candy and card companies - and even if you are bitter because love just doesn't come your way - or you've been jilted one too many times - I think Valentine's Day can still be a chance for us to think about who we love, and who is important in our lives. (and I sort of stole this idea from
java_fiend who wrote a great post saying similar sentiments - which I thought was great!)So I celebrate my entire Friend's list today (and every day)! and all my family and friends around the world!
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
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