Do u think st. valentin's day is just a way of business to make money?

Answer 1

Only to the extent people are willing and want to spend, and can.
I might add, I like any holiday, to a point.

--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 2

This history of Valentine's Day is poignant and remarkable, playing out like one of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy:

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.

According to another legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl -- who may have been his jailor's daughter -- who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France. (source: American Greetings)

However, sadly, with the modernisation of men and the change in times and trends, Valentine's Day became a day where businesses see as an opportune occasion to increase profits, thereby diluting the true meaning and spirit of this day by over-commercializing. More often than not, it is just a way for businesses to make money nowadays. If you love someone, anyday, everyday could be a Valentine's Day for the two of you. It's making sure that you express your love for your loved one. (:

Answer 3

I feel that it is just a big money market. My husband and I celebrated our first valentine's day together, then we didn't do it anymore. Now we just buy a gift and card for our daughter. Here is what we have been known to do for each other....

On valentine's day we have gone into the store and each picked up a card and hand it to the other one and say "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY". Then we put the cards back in their spot and continue with our shopping. On the way out we sometimes buy ourselves a candy bar but not always.

Answer 4

Valentine's day is a valid day for lovers from many centuries ago. However, it has been usurped by business into a money making bonanza. Give your lover some loving instead of a card or chocolates.

Answer 5

Yes, unless you make a card yourself and do something that doesn't require spending loads of money.

Cook your Significant Other a nice meal or go out for a stroll together and have loads of sex perhaps!

Answer 6

Duh. It's one of the ultimate "Hallmark Holidays." Why do you think we have Sweetest's Day? If you think about it, it's almost exactly 6 months after the last semi-major card-giving holiday: Easter. After going through May, June, July, August, and September with nothing but birthdays, they needed a reason to jump-start their sales just before getting into the Chistmas season.

Answer 7

Yes it is. Why buy someone you love something on a day because it is advertised that we do so?? What do you do for the other 364 days of the year??

Answer 8

Absolutely!

Answer 9

Yes I do.. and think, if you are a parent, you have to buy all that junk for the parties at school, what a waste.

Anywho.....Happy V Day everyone

Answer 10

No, i think its a day when people can step back and really appreciate the ones that love them. I think that our society has murdered the sentimentality of it though. As unfortunately it to has become a commercial holiday.