It’s such a greeting card holiday! It’s for couples to flaunt their relationships! Roses and chocolates – how cliche! Alana Massey suggests haters keep their banal complaints to themselves and stay at home until 14 February passesIt is that time of year again! Nestled between our day of solemn recognition of the fortune-telling wisdom of groundhogs and the observance of the death of Jesus and his resurrection in the form of an huge gift-giving bunny, we possess the punching bag of holidays: Valentines Day.
It is something of a national pastime for many to spend the first few weeks of February bemoaning the very existence of this holiday that has the audacity to honor and celebrate fancy – but I am done hearing the same tired arguments against the holiday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com