Happy Valentine's Day

[den]

Australia didn't do Valentines Day until the mid 80s. I remember growing up in the 60s and being puzzled by the St Valentine's Day references on the American shows and in Peanuts. I'd worked it out by the time I left school in 1979 but we didn't do it. Some time in the mid 80s I remember seeing the first Hallmark cards celebrating Valentine's Day. "Celebrating" is a strange way of putting it. We didn't celebrate it at all until there were cards telling us the celebration was here.

Big Fucking Whoopee, mate, in a big way.

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[tropism.livejournal.com]

I kinda loathe Valentine's day -- it strikes me, more than any other holiday, as one that was -created- just to sell stuff to people and to create a market where none was before.