It's the 14th of February
It's Valentine's Day. Well no really it's Saint Valentine's Day; we just dropped the 'Saint' bit because it had, you know, religious overtones and may detract from what this day really means - paying twice the normal price for something because it's been wrapped in shiny red paper.
Anyway today's the day you do something romantic and special for your loved one. Though I find it difficult to reconcile romantic with 'just for today' nor special with 'like everyone else is'. What does it say for our culture that we have a day where we're supposed to remind out loved ones of how much we love them; shouldn't we be doing that 24/7?
'Oh of course I do such things on other days too' might be the reply, except what happens if you don't do it on this one day?
Tell them you love them because you do and not because the calendar tells you that you should. And on that note I would remind everyone that tomorrow is St Flip's Day when it's traditional to send anyone with that name money.
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Ah yes, St. Flip's day. Unfortunately my calendar is from Zazzle, so it only has American holidays marked on it. (What the hell is "Presiden's day"?) So without your timely reminder, I'd have completely forgotten, and anybody I happen to know called Flip would have been quite miffed…
It's celebrated in America too you know, St Flip's Day knows no boundaries and spans many cultures in the selfless act of sending money to me err people named Flip.
President's Day is a ancient and time-honoured tradition whereby the incumbent President greets his fellow Americans at the gates of the White House and they in turn greet him with rotten tomatoes; <sniff> so moving.
Not to be confused with Presidents' Day, unless you want be shot or sent to Gitmo, Americans can be so touchy about their traditions.
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