Your Valentines Day
When you think of it, it is rather strange that a festival that had its origins
in a pagan ritual has come to become one of the most important, commercial
ventures of the modern day. And mind you, there is very little that is religious
about this festival. Each year, in February, scores of young, middle aged and
even old people sit up and take a look at their personal lives to cater to this
festival. If you haven’t already guessed what it is, I’m talking about
Valentines Day here! Do you have Valentine gift ideas for your love one?
Valentines day is getting closer and closer.
February the 14th, or Valentines Day holds a special place in my heart. Like
scores of other incurable romantics, I too proposed to my childhood sweet heart
on Valentines Day. And now, several years later, I can gladly say that we are
still together, and still celebrate Valentines Day together. For both of us, the
day has a special significance. While we did not get married on Valentines Day
as several couples are wont to do, we did decide to spend the rest of our lives
together on that day.
Which is what makes it so special! But it is when you look at the ringing
cash registers of major retailers that you will realize that Valentines Day
is a very important day for them too! Valentines Day, which started off as a
pagan festival to celebrate the coming of spring, has grown to become the
most important commercial season in the books of almost all major retailers
in the present world.
If you take a look at the shops and malls around you, you will realize the
truth of this statement. Major clothing stores have their own Valentines Day
designs. These designs flood the markets and the malls from December itself,
and the young and the young at heart gladly lap them up.
Even jewelry stores
make a killing during Valentines Day. Most of them seize the opportunity to
introduce new and novel designs of jewelry as this is the season that has
proven to be the most lucrative one for them. Even hotels and restaurants
witness a flurry of bookings during Valentines Day. But the biggest business
opportunity, and especially one that is worth millions of dollars, belongs
to the
Valentines gifts, greeting cards, flowers and chocolate manufacturers.
No Valentines Day, no matter on how small a budget can do without a card to
profess your love, a big bouquet of flowers and a box of Valentine chocolate.
Together, these three items have their biggest and best sales during
Valentines Day. This is one of many Valentine gift ideas. The season itself is one of celebration and what better way
to say it than through the killer combination of flowers, cards and
chocolate? In the United States, sales directly attributed to Valentines Day
total billion of dollars. But not all countries are open to or welcome
Valentines Day. To many countries in the world, Valentines day ideas never
exist.
Maybe it is due to the hype created in the Western World, but more
conservative nations, especially the Islamic nations, eschew Valentines Day
as a waste of time at best and as a corrupter of morality at worst. It is
not uncommon to see news reports of destruction of property or even jailing
of celebrants during this time.
