Originally Aired: Wednesday, February 11, 2008 (Reloaded)
As Ive gotten older (even though I age very slowly, at least thats what I tell myself lol) Ive come to the realization that holidays that specifically portray gift giving seem to be meaningless. (Aside from your birthday ofcourse) Above them all I find that Valentines Day is the worst of them all Quick brief history lesson if you are unaware
The origins of Valentines Day are a bit skewed. Several early christian martyrs were name Valentine. Of the many Valentines in history Feb 14th is linked to two: Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni thats really the ONLY piece of concrete fact we know From there on its a bunch of BS legends of conflicting stories about Rome/Terni either A. writting a love letter to a young girl of which he signed Your Valentine or B. continuing to perform marriages of single soldiers when the belief at the time was that single men made better soldiers. Then theres the thought that Christians chose to commerate their death and/or christianize the pagan Lupercalia festival All in all its a bunch of crap!
My take on history? Some very smart business person(s) decided that well play on peoples basic natural emotion (LOVE) and find a way to make moneyhmmm, what should we do? Make it a holiday!!!!!! Everyone loves holidays, even if you arent necessarily off work its on your calendar and if they got enough people to buy into it (obviously they did) commercial businesses would flourish (and boy did they!)
Ill make this quick and painless, let me introduce you to my little list Its called
SHIRAZS LIST AS TO WHY VALENTINES DAY IS THE MOST MEANINGLESS HOLIDAY (witty arent I? lol)
It has NO real origin. Just because someone said I should do something doesnt make it valid. Proove something to me.
Its a commercial scam! I spend enough money on other things (birthdays, random gifts, etc.) than to now have to worry about purchasing something that has to be tied in red wrapping paper.
Love should be about. LOVE If youre only showing me that you love me on February 14th (by purchasing the same things 99.9% of other men are buying) then guess what, that not the type of love I really want. How about making your OWN special day during the year. A day that you and your partner went out for the first time, first kiss, first sex (oops I mean love session lol), you know the meaningful things. Or maybe its the day that he asked you.. Do you want to be my girlfriend Isnt that more meaningful than a random (extremely random) day in the shortest month of the year!??
Im sorry. Rant over. Am I being irrational people? If youre into Valentines Day, help me to understand why. If you agree with me, yep, still drop me a line as well.
The One & Only,
~Shiraz
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