Ah....today is the day where lovers enjoy very much...flowers, chocolates and of course lots of good business for flower sellers...
For me and my husband, it's just another day but it was really nice to hear from Sasha this morning, "Happy Valentine Day". After married for 5 years, i realized that it's good to celebrate special days but the more important is to know the person we love is with us and there is much love shared between us...so for me no chocolates, roses but just to know that there is love between us...that's good enough...
There are many opinons as to who was the original Valentine, with the most popular theory that it was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome. In any event, in 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine. Through the centuries, the Christian holiday became a time to exchange love messages and St. Valentine became a patron saint of lovers. In the 1840s, Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, is given credit for sending the first Valentine cards. The spirit of love continues as valentines are sent with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school.
In Russia, Valentine Day is really well celebrate with flowers, poem, songs. Russia is very rich with literatures and music so it was really nice to see people really enjoying the day. Of course, they also celebrate it with vodka...
Oh well...I'm glad in Malaysia it's only chocolates and roses...
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