Valentine Day

The most romantic day of the year, next to your wedding day, is Valentine Day. It is a day in which gifts are exchanged with love and affection for the recipient. It is also a day to acknowledge long lasting friendships. We give cards to mothers, fathers, and friends. We give special gifts to those within we are romantically involved.

The symbol for Valentine Day is Cupid with his bow and arrow. You will it on many cards. Cupid was the son of Venus. Venus was jealous of the beauty of a mortal, Prospera, and sent Cupid to kill her. Instead, he fell in love with her and took her as his wife on the condition that she never looked at him. It was forbidden that a mortal look at a god. When her sisters persuaded her to look at him, he left her. She found herself in a field. Their home was gone. She wandered around looking for Cupid and happened on the temple of Venus. Venus gave her a series of tasks to perform. The hardest was to gather the beauty of a goddess in a box and she was not to look in the box. With temptation overcoming her, she looked in the box and fell into a deadly slumber. Cupid found her and put the slumber back into the box. Because of her love for Cupid, Venus and the other gods forgave her for looking at him and made her a goddess.

Another symbol of Valentine Day is the heart. The heart is an important organ in the body. When it fails, we lose our life. When we fall in love or when we extend genuine friendship, it is from the heart. It means that person is an important part of our life, one that we do not want to part with.

Gift giving on Valentine Day is a tradition. Gifts include flowers, chocolates, and jewelry. Many people get engaged on Valentine Day and some get married. Next to Christmas, Valentine Day is the day on which the most number of greeting cards are sold.

When you give a gift on a Valentine Day, it should be one that you have selected with care and thoughtfulness for the recipient.