Valentine's Day is the day of love, but it doesn't just have to be shared with your significant other. February 14 is the perfect time to show so many important people you appreciate them, from friends to parents and even your kids and pets. While this guide includes plenty of suitable options for the love of your life, we've also covered almost anyone else who could be on your Valentine's Day shopping list this year.
Celebrating V-Day in a new relationship this year? You might not want to go all out, but we've included a few small little treats that you boyfriend/girlfriend is sure to love. Same goes to those who are in long-term relationships and don't celebrate the big day anymore. Valentine's Day is always a good time to surprise them with a little something in our books.
If you're really looking to make their day, consider combining a material gift with an experience you can share together, like ice skating with the family or a romantic dinner just for the two of you. Ultimately, spending time with each other is what it's all about, but if a gift is in your plans for this year, we've got you covered! Looking for something more specific?
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.
There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer.Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution; another addition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.
