"--Bryan" > wrote in message
...
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.
(snippage)
--Bryan


I understand Cindy's description of a "Hallmark Holiday". I sure don't send
out Thanksgiving cards, but Hallmark and other greeting card companies put
them out there! Never in my life did I send an Easter or an Independence
Day card, and it wasn't due to lack of the greeting card companies trying.
I don't send out Memorial Day or Labor Day cards, either. But yes, they're
out there. Along with Boss's Day, Assistant's Day, Secretary's Day, yada
yada yada. It's an industry. And not an industry everyone cares to spend
money on, especially not at about $3 USD per card plus postage, and they're
always oversized. No thanks!

Valentine's Day is fine if you do something nice like cook a nice meal or go
out to dinner. I think Cindy's point was it's become too commercialized.
Just like Christmas.

Jill