Valentine’s Day — the popular festival of love and romances traces its origin to ancient Roman festival and has not been created by card companies as some people believe it to be. There are various legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Popularity of the Valentine’s Day festival stems from the combined effects of all these legends, beliefs and of course the wish to glorify the unparalleled feeling of love.
Valentine’s Day in Present Times
Valentine’s Day in present times has become a huge craze especially amongst the youth in countries around the world. Those in love start planning for the Valentine’s Day celebrations with sweetheart days before the festival while those without a lover start looking for a date so that they are able to celebrate the day in the much-romanticized manner. Hype for the festival is further built up by the media and the rigorous advertising campaign run by the cards and gifts marketers.
Romantic and Platonic Celebration of Valentine’s Day
In present times, Valentine’s Day is not restricted to romantic couples. The festival has come to be known as the day to celebrate love that can be in any form. People therefore take opportunity of the occasion to wish ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ to their friends, parents, siblings, teachers or anyone they consider special. Children too celebrate Valentine’s Day by organizing concerts and classroom get-togethers.
Valentine’s Day Parties and Celebrations
The most popular way of celebrating Valentine’s Day is to go for a romantic date with sweetheart. One can find parks and restaurants thronged by lovers holding hands and expressing love. Valentine’s Day special parties are also organized by hotels and discotheques to give the lovers an opportunity to celebrate. These days, romantic getaways are turning out to be extremely popular way of celebrating Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day Traditions and Customs
One of the most popular customs of Valentine’s Day observed worldwide is to go on a date with sweetheart. Those without a date start looking for one day before the festival. The custom originated from the popular English belief that birds chose their partners on February 14. For this reason, Valentine’s Day was called «the Birds’ Wedding Day» in parts of Sussex.
In the beginning, Valentine’s Day was associated with romantic couples only but in recent times the festival is seen in much larger perspective. Now, people take opportunity of the day to wish ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ to anyone they love be it father, mother, teachers, siblings, friends, co-workers or just anyone special to them. The idea behind this tradition is to celebrate love, get love and give love to everyone around us.
In several countries including United States and Canada there is a tradition to organize Valentine’s Day classroom parties in schools. In such parties children exchange chocolates and Valentine’s Day cards with their friends. British children sing special Valentine’s Day song and receive candies and chocolates as reward. Senior school children usually organize Valentine’s Day dance parties and have fun with friends.
Valentine’s Day Decoration
St Valentine’s Day party is keenly awaited by guests and more so by sweethearts and kids. So do something special to make the do memorable and delightful for all. Here are some interesting Valentine’s Day Decoration ideas to make your Valentine’s Day Party more enlivening and enjoyable!
Party Colours
As the symbolic colors of Valentine’s Day is red, pink and white you may make these colors the theme of your party. You may play with these colors to set the mood of the party and have decorations planned with candles and heart-shaped balloons in these colors. It would be fun if you could also persuade guests to come dressed in Valentine’s Day colors. If it is an all girls’ party, pink would by a pretty choice.
Lights for the Party
Dim lights can be used to give a mellow feel. A more romantic idea would be to have the party room illuminated with lots of red, white and pink candles. You will of course, need to be extra careful with the candles.
Decoration with Flowers
You may plan decorations with red and white roses or other flowers in Valentine’s Day color of red, white and pink. Flowers floating in a glass bowl look romantic and give a very pleasant feeling.
Decoration with Cupid
You may decorate the venue with cardboard Cupids hanging from the ceiling or have paper Cupids decorate the wall. Another interesting idea would be to have someone come to the party dressed as a Cupid or an angel. This party Cupid may sprinkle hearts with candy and a love message on the invitees. He may also sweetly scare them with toy bow and arrow.
Decoration with Hearts
Hearts are a major Valentine’s Day symbol and your decoration will be incomplete without some hearts strewn about. Heart-shaped balloons look awesome and consider them a must for romantic party. A balloon bouquet in the corners of the room and on doorstep is another splendid Valentine’s Day decoration idea. Fill some balloons with helium to let them rest on the ceiling in your party room with the curling string hanging below them. Litter the rest of the balloons on the floor. You may also decorate the hall with paper hearts and have some hanging from the ceiling. Red cardboard hearts can also be used to decorate the tables.
Table Decoration Ideas
A nice idea would be to cover the table with a white tablecloth or sheet and sprinkle it with candy hearts and candy kisses. Sequins may also be used for extra color and sparkle. Chairs may be decorated with pink tulle and a fluffy bow may be tied at the back.
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