FRAZIES-valentines day and more

A lot of people may dislike Valentines Day and that is sometimes understandable depending on what it is. And there are those other people who love Valentines Day all together. I am not too crazy about today but it does make me happy being able to make someone close to me very happy on this day. Although I always try to make her happy not just on one day of the year either. So I think Valentines Day can be a good day to celebrate but it can also be bad if some people abuse this day. Some people may not show how they really feel or treat someone close to them very nice except on this day which I feel is wrong. When you really are close to someone you should always try to treat them nicely or if it’s a girlfriend or boyfriend I feel people should always show kindness. And sometimes a gift or two here and there. No matter what I say on here there will always be those people who abuse holidays like Valentines Day.
Here is a brief description I have looked up on the origin of Valentine's Day. Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity and but was outlawed—as it was deemed “un-Christian”--at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. During the middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of Valentine's Day should be a day for romance.

Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England.) Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois. (Valentine’s Day: a day of romance, History Channel, 2-2012)

So as you can see Valentine’s Day was not always around but has been for centuries. As for cupid, he is a symbol of love and determination, Valentine’s Day. He is of course not real, if he was that would be a little scary to me. Having a little man flying around shooting arrows at people to make them fall in love. So be careful what you wish for or who you really want because it may just become true, you never know what could happen. Overall I think Valentine’s Day is an okay holiday, I don’t think it should be a holiday. I think it should be a feeling of Valentine, that people share and feel everyday.