The love season has arrived ...
The love season has arrived and as it always has been since decades, everyone is excited about it. Be it a romantic getaway or a planned dinner, Valentine week is what everyone looks forward to. While everyone celebrates February 14 as Valentine's Day, the real celebration begins a week prior to it.
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?
"Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Celsius I forbade the celebration of Lupercalia and is sometimes attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best," says Britannica.
Britannica suggests the name might have been taken from a priest who was martyred about 270 CE by the emperor Claudius II, Gothic us. According to legend, the priest signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, by some accounts, healed from blindness.
Valentine Week
Valentine's week comprises Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, Kiss Day, and Valentine's Day. It is the month of love, so cherish each and every day of the week. Create memories so that when you look back to this day, it will make you smile even on gloomy days.
Rose Day (February 7)
If roses were not special, weeds would not envy them.
The first day of the week is Rose Day, on which red roses are exchanged to express love. Red roses are often associated with love and beauty.
So, plan to gift a beautiful red rose bouquet to your partner this Rose Day.
On this day, yellow roses are also exchanged. Yellow roses signify eternal friendship.
So, the rose is yours, so is the day!
Propose Day (February 8)
Commitment is an act, not a word-Jean-Paul Sartre.
It is needless to say what this day entails. Propose Day is when you express your love and emotions before the person you love. If you have been waiting to tell someone about how you feel about them, this is the right day. Do not let it go without sending out the long-pending proposal. Say it today!
Chocolate Day (February 9)
Anything is good if it's made of chocolate-Jo Brand.
This can be said as the most likeable day of the entire Valentine week. Who doesn't love chocolate? Gifting your partner a box of the best chocolates can set everything right. Nothing can go wrong over a box of chocolates.
Teddy Day (February 10)
A friend is a gift you give yourself-Robert Louis Stevenson.
A big fat adorable teddy is something nobody can "not love". A teddy can work wonders on relations and friends which may have gone bitter. Nothing changes a mood better than a lovely and thoughtful gift. Teddies symbolize childishness, and the feeling of being loved.
Promise Day (February 11)
Beauty is the promise of happiness-Edmund Burke.
No, promises are not always meant to be broken! On promise day, you commit to your partner to be with them thick and thin; or may be thin and thin, if the situation comes. An oath of love and a commitment of lifetime is what makes the promise day the most beautiful day of valentine week
Hug Day (February 12)
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words - Ann Hood
Do you know a hug can wipe out the distress and sorrow of a person in a moment? Such is the magic of a loving hug. Do not forget to hug out the bitterness or misunderstanding in a relationship. Hug day symbolizes our maturity in dealing with adversities and how evolved is our sensibility in coping with the good and bad of a partner.
Kiss Day (February 13)
“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissing worth, if thou kiss not me?”-Percy Bessie Shelley.
Seal your love with the kiss! What's more romantic than showing your love with a kiss. On Kiss Day, do not hesitate to express your love in the most genuine way.
Valentine's Day (February 14)
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own Jackson.
The week ends with the day of love, the Valentine's Day. Make plans, go out, spend time, talk a lot, laugh a lot more and commit to be for each other forever.
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