By Madison
Pollard
Reporter
LONDON, England – February 14th. Seemingly
just another day on the calendar, but no. The day of Saint Valentine, chosen as
the ‘most romantic day of the year,’ is a day for wining, dining, giving and
fighting.
For those of you who didn’t know, celebration of
Valentine’s Day has been around long enough to warrant mention in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings in the High Middle
Ages.
Valentine's Day isn’t celebrated worldwide.
In Finland and Slovenia, it is known as ‘Friendship
Day,’ designed to celebrate the close bonds of friendship, rather than romantic
love.
In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the traditions only
became popular due to mass advertising by various consumer industries such as
florists.
Despite its less than perfect origins, Valentine’s Day
has become the day to show that you
can be romantic.
Cards, chocolate, presents, dinner and many other
tokens are used to prove to your sweetheart that you love them. The valentines
industry is worth millions, if not billions, of dollars worldwide.
But is it really a day we should be celebrating?
Granted, it is nice to know that you can expect a
romantic day once a year, particularly if you have an innately romantic
partner.
But rather than encouraging them to believe that it is
acceptable to show they care just once a year, shouldn’t we expect more of
them?
Now, I’m not suggesting that it become mandatory for a
romantic dinner once a week, and flowers at least once a month, but love is not
something fleeting. It doesn’t just happen for one day a year, and certainly
not because we are told it should.
Whilst I applaud the efforts made on Valentine’s Day
to show love among couples, I am sure that I cannot be alone in wishing that
the same affection was shown more often.
Still, here’s to love at any cost, even if it is only
demonstrated once a year.
So, Happy Valentine’s, and I imagine it will be the
most romantic day of your life, at least for another year.
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