Who else thinks that Valentines day is just a "made" up holiday?

[Texasgal]

I do! :mad:

I think it's bullshit, the only people that are happy are Hallmark and florists! :mad:

[JVS]

1. According to the guys on EWTN, it's about a totally legit saint

Which brings us to this question "Why has the Church capitulated in this war on Valentine's day?"

[LaraMN]

2. I wonder if I could convince boot manufacturers to sponsor

"Bootentine's Day"? Everyone buys each other boots. I can only imagine the sales! That is a holiday I could appreciate.

[Texasgal]

3. HA!

EXACTLY! I like it!!! :)

[XNASA]

4. Aren't they all?

x(

[hellothere]

16. Yep. Holidays didn't exist before people came along.

Calendars and all that.

Well, I suppose that if you believe in the 6-day Creation, then God made the first holiday when he rested on the 7th day. But humans came along on the 6th day, so holidays still didn't exist until people came along. lol

[AirmensMom]

5. Well, I'm looking forward to getting some chocolate.

And maybe some wine and a nice dinner. :9

[kid a]

7. Well, I'm looking forward to . . .

After eighteen years of marriage and a steady routine, thare are certain days that are a GUARENTEED SCORE!

:evilgrin:

[AirmensMom]

9. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot!

That is one of those days ... and Christmas, Anniversary, Birthday ... :evilgrin:

[Texasgal]

10. Hey Airmens Mom!!

How are ya?? :hi:

I haven't seen you in a long time!!

[AirmensMom]

14. Fine!

Yourself?

I'm here off and on but haven't seen you either. :hi:

[Texasgal]

17. I'm doing okay...

Good to see ya postin'!!

[cleofus1]

6. i'm trapped like a rat

red roses...card...balloons (shaped like hearts) and a stuffed pig...

delivered to her work of course

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. I think it's a totally bullshit holiday

but then again I'm not in love right now...so I guess my opinion doesn't really count

[Fox Mulder]

11. That's the way I feel!

It's nothing but a stupid holiday made up by the greeting card, floral, and candy industry!

I hate it! :grr:

Besides, why do you need a holiday to prove how much you love someone? Does buying someone expensive gifts prove how much you love him/her? I think not!

[DS1]

12. Yes, it's largely made up, yes it's certainly feasible that gifts

sent to a loved one/friend at a random point in time can be more romantic/effective.

Yes, the haters still amuse me.

[realisticphish]

13. it's a fertility festival

:shrug:
but the commercialism has changed it from what it was

[ZombieNixon]

15. Of course I hate it!

:grr:

[GalleryGod]

21. W/o Valentines Day...we wouldn't have....

[ZombieNixon]

22. That's not why I hate it, though.

[kwassa]

18. It is a Saint's Day? It has been celebrated since the Middle Ages

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm

Saint Valentine's Day

The popular customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day undoubtedly had their origin in a conventional belief generally received in England and France during the Middle Ages, that on 14 February, i.e. half way through the second month of the year, the birds began to pair. Thus in Chaucer's Parliament of Foules we read:

For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day
Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.

For this reason the day was looked upon as specially consecrated to lovers and as a proper occasion for writing love letters and sending lovers' tokens. Both the French and English literatures of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries contain allusions to the practice.

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Hallmark, florists.... and Kay Jewelers.

If I see one more goddamn Kay ad I'm shooting the TV! x(

[BlueJazz]

25. Oh..Come on, Now.. ..

"Every Kiss begins with Kay"

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Sequoia]

20. My husband and I were discussed that today.

Why do school kids have to do Valentine's Day, and it's just a money making holiday. Then I said, "Wait till O'Reilly tries to make it into a Christian Holiday."

You forgot "chocolate".

[CatholicEdHead]

23. What about Love Day?

/Simpsons

[Deja Q]

24. or Life Day?

/Star Wars Holiday Special 1978

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Last time I spoke ill of Valentine's Day I was called bitter...

Therefore I will simply post some NN2S.

[Strong Atheist]

27. I think a lot of holidays are made up. nt.

[SOteric]

28. Errrm....As opposed to all those 'naturally occurring' holidays,

celebrated on every continent, by every nation, every small village and even most parts of the animal kingdom?