Valentine's Day has something special - I loved Daryl in 3rd Grade and gave him a Valentine, my mother always gave us red hots in plastic heart containers that we found on the breakfast table, and I love conversation hearts with a passion akin to heroin addiction.
But in reality, V Day is a cultural co-optation of a pagan holiday, a festival of lights celebrating the magic of the first hints of spring and the seeds sprouting underground. It is called by some Lady Day, honoring the Goddess who renews the Earth for spring after the long winter.
The day's colors are red, pink, and white. It is bad luck to have your Christmas decorations up still by February 1, as the winter solstice's greenery is associated with the death and rebirth of the God.
So, yes, Valentine's Day IS a woman's holiday, and we should be celebrated as the givers and renewers of life. Worship us with much chocolate, many heavenly-scented flowers, and a little bubbly along with a well-written love poem, and love will abound through harvest.
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