On Feb 12, 7:49*am, Cindy Hamilton >
wrote:
> On Feb 12, 8:14*am, --Bryan > wrote:
>
> > On Feb 11, 9:37*am, Cindy Hamilton >
> > wrote:> On Feb 11, 4:16*am, "Bob Terwilliger" >
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > It's only three days away! Is anybody else planning to cook on Valentine's
> > > > Day? Here's the menu I'm planning. (It's got a Chinese bent because this
> > > > year that day is also Chinese New Year, and Lin and I like to "play Chinese"
> > > > on that day.)
>
> > > Naw, we don't do Hallmark holidays. *No Valentine's Day, no Mother's
> > > Day, no Sweetest Day. *Pah.
>
> > Valentine's Day is not a Hallmark holiday, silly. *
>
> Sure, it is. *I don't need anybody to tell me what day to show my
> husband
> I love him.

Sure, but Valentine's Day was not invented by the greeting card
folks. It has a long history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day

>*Every day is Valentine's Day.

I'm happy for you, but there are cultural events to commemmorate lots
of things. Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day,
Veterans Day, etc all call attention to some aspect of life. There
are also the religious holidays, some of which I celebrate even though
I don't necessarily believe in the associated myths. It doesn't mean
that we should only feel the emotions associated with those days, on
those days. Today I'm giving my wife nice back/neck rubs before she
goes to work. On Sunday I'm making her lobster. She likes
traditions. It makes her happy. We do not celebrate Sweetest Day.

>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan