Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Celebrating Love Through Valentines Week

This is a tradition gaining popularity especially in urbane and semi urbane regions of the world. In fact, Valentine's Day which has its origins in Christianity has now completely lost all aspects of being a religious holiday.

The increasing popularity of Valentine's Day has led everyone around the world to take the concept of Day of Love a step ahead. These days the celebrations marking this day have extended to a week.

Rose Day – People give their would-be Valentines a rose on this day. The rose colours and their relevance as per this day are, red is for love, pink is for grace and gentle feelings of love, yellow with a tinge of pink represents friendship blossoming into love. This first day of the week, which falls on 7 February every year is rose day.

Propose Day – The dictionary meaning of a proposal is ' an appeal for a consideration'. In terms of Valentine's week this proposal of love is to be made on propose day which comes on 8 February every year.

Chocolate Day – 9 February or the third day of Valentine's week is called chocolate day. This is the day on which you gift valentine chocolates to the person you love

Teddy Day - The fourth day of the week of Valentine is celebrated on 10 February every year. People can gift their Valentine's or would-be valentines soft toys on this day which is known as teddy day.

Promise Day – Valentine's swear to abide by the promises they have made to their loved ones on this day that is known as promise day, it is the fifth day of Valentine's week and falls on 11 February every year.

Kiss Day – The sixth day of Valentine week is kiss day which falls on 12 February every year. As the name itself suggests, it is the day when you can convey your feelings for the one you love by this silent expression of love.

Hug Day – A hug is another expression of emotions that need not be spoken aloud. Hug day is the seventh and final day of this week and comes on 13 February.

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