Valentines Day: Profit Center

I really hate it when you get older and realize that something you once enjoyed and found whimsical turns out to exist because a big commercial organizations profit from it.

I'm not talking about Christmas (that's another blog you've already read), I'm talking about today: Valentines Day.

It used to be 11 separate religious holidays. It wasn't until 1969 that the Catholic church gave this up. I suspect the festivities amounted to nothing. Could you imagine buying valentines cards 11 times a year?

Through a long and convoluted history, Valentines day traversed into an era where people wrote hand-written messages to their sweethearts to where we are today: Valentines are given out to every school kid from every other school kid, and god forbid you're an adult with a significant other! If you forget flowers and candy, you're sleeping on the couch.

From religious rite to commercial boon. Sounds like a lot of things, doesn't it.

Fortunately, Betsy understands and appreciates that it's a commercialized holiday. No expectations for candy, flowers and jewlery. Nope. Instead, I think we'll camp out on the couch tonight, watch a movie of her picking and make some heart shaped sugar cookies in the oven.

See? That's not so hard. I garuntee that it will be remembered.

Heartingly,
Gregster'