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Default Are You Fixing A Special Dinner For Valentine's Day?


"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:23:50 -0500, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
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>>
>>"Judy Haffner" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> How many here are planning a special menu to fix at home for family, or
>>> friends, or maybe a "significant other" that you want to impress?
>>>

>> (snippage)
>>
>>Valentine's Day is an artificial holiday created by the greeting card
>>companies. It has nothing to do with whether or not you love (or even
>>like)
>>someone. It's designed to make you spend money on greeting cards and, by
>>extension, take someone out to or cook dinner. It's purely commercial and
>>I
>>don't subscribe to it any more than I sit around reading romance novels
>>while sipping mint juleps
>>
>>Jill

>
> I love the day after, when chocolate is 50% off. I celebrate the day
> after Easter too.



But would you normally buy something like that? I wouldn't. Maybe some ice
cream

Jill