What did you get?
What did you get for others?
Why do we celebrate this day?
We know that it is a day of love, that we are to shower our loved ones in displays of affections, shouldn't we be doing this daily?
We are to eat chocolate and receive roses? Couldn't we do this weekly - monthly?
Some revel in the glory of love while others curse the holiday to the depths of its existence, devaluing as a “Hallmark Holiday” constructed to simple push the sales of candy and cards. Do you agree?
No matter how you feel about this holiday and it’s implications, the truth is that there is a ton of lore and history behind it.
Interesting Facts -
*Hallmark Holiday?
Though it is often claimed to be a holiday made up by the popular greeting card company, Hallmark didn’t produce its first Valentine’s Day card until 1913. This is literally centuries after the first declaration of the official holiday in 1537.
*The first phone??
If you’re missing your honey on Valentine’s Day and want to hi on the telephone, you can thank Alexander Graham Bell. It was on Valentine's Day in 1876, he applied for a patent for the telephone.
* Heart Shaped Box???
John Cadbury, a coffee and tea shop owner in Birmingham England discovered the profitability behind chocolate manufacturing in 1822. In 1822 his son Richard packaged Cadbury chocolates, known really for their Easter creme eggs, in the world’s first heart-shaped box.
When did we start receiving Jewelry? Going away on a trip? The day just keeps getting bigger and bigger. How did you spend your day? Who did you make smile today? Did you make a difference in someones day? This should be a goal on a daily basis and you will be all the better for it.
Leave a bit of Sparkle every where you go. - I want some feedback on this !!!
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