Posted on : 06th January 2012
Valentine's Day is the day for celebration of love. Love, a very
generic term is relative to any of a number of emotions that speak of
affection and attraction. This word can refer to a variety of different
feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from faint pleasure to a
feeling of strong interpersonal attachment. Valentine's day is also the
day of making fresh promises of love and of keeping true to those
promises you made at an earlier date.
The aspect of Valentine's day that has held true over the years is its
relevance to these various emotions of love. But, there are other facets
to the occasion of Valentine's Day that have evolved constantly over
time. In the following paragraphs we will discuss some of the relevant
aspects of this evolution,
Celebrating Every Relationship
From a day of romance to an occasion that celebrates love in all its
forms, that is how Valentine's day has evolved over the years. From
gifting tokens of love to girlfriends, wives to boyfriends and husbands
this day has now become significant for sending Valentine gifts or
tokens of love and affection across relationships. So, be it your wife
or sister or mother you can now find this occasion as a reason to
express your love for all of them through the various means that have
become popular these days.
Commercialization of Valentine's day
From a day that honors love, Valentine's day has evolved into a
commercial occasion. From cards and chocolate companies to florists,
these days everyone comes into action with the knowledge of Valentine's
day being round the corner. It has definitely become associated as being
one of the most 'profitable' occasions in a calender year.
From a day honoring a Saint to a day that celebrates love
Valentines day has evolved from a day that honors
Saint Valentine to a day
that is relevant for the feelings of love, from the passionate desire
and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of
familial love, which is more platonic in nature. In fact this is one
celebration that has lost the significant association with its origin.
It is thus, that Valentine's day, which always has had a religious basis
has evolved over the years into a day that celebrates love in its
various forms and degrees.'Why' is now no longer as important as 'How'
in terms of celebrating Valentines day.
Valentine's day is one of the most 'adaptable' occasions, it has been
accepted and celebrated in variable terms by people over all these years
since it has become popular. This is a day which has so many facets to
it and that too also since it is an occasion which is so personal in
nature. That has resulted in the celebration having taken a different
flavor with differences in places, regions and cultures across the
world.
