Every year, Valentine's Day on February 14 puts the spotlight on the happiness loving. Businesses benefit too, sales of gifts are often a boon after an initial, often somewhat mixed, start to a new year. But why is this day called as it is, who is this Valentine and why may his name symbolically stand for all lovers and beloved? So that we also know what exactly it is about Valentine's Day, we grant in this Secondhandbags blog article we will give you a brief overview of the history and meaning of this holiday of love!

Early documentation of February 14 as a celebration of love on the French side can be found in the Charter of the Court of Love from 1400. In it, the French king Charles VI kept a record of festivities at court and recorded the names of those involved. For February 14, i.e. Valentine's Day, in addition to these dates, the fact is also recorded that in addition to a feast, there were also competitions on love songs and poetrywere held and dances were performed. Many historians see these events as the first planned and recurring celebrations of Valentine's Day on a larger scale.

Over the centuries existed a Tradition of greeting cardsOnly with the digitalization, the annual immense amounts of mail reduced and there are now also many digital greetings sent.

Today, Valentine's Day is celebrated in many places around the world and has largely left its religious roots behind.. The day is still firmly intergated in congregations of the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Communion. In some Orthodox churches, a feast day is celebrated later in July in honor of saints named Valentine. In China, however, a "lovers' festival "is celebrated on February 14. Astronomical conspicuities and overlaps of constellations are the anchor of the feast day there and therefore take place on the same day. It meets the constellation of the cowherd to the constellation of the weaver! Its a match! In Spain and South America, the "Día de los enamorados", "Day of the Lovers" is also celebrated. In South Africa, on Valentine's Day, people wear clothes in the colors white and red, symbolizing purity and love.

Valentine's Day really took off in the last 50 years. In the UK, for example, a good half of the population are willing to spend money on gifts and flowers on this day. It's no wonder that the time leading up to it is used extensively to market chocolates, flowers and other accessories such as jewelry in a targeted manner. In 1868, a chocolate manufacturer from Great Britain designed the first heart-shaped box of chocolates, a stroke of luck for many a forgetful person who may have snatched one on the way home. A trend that continues to this day. Valentine's Day is thus in a row with other quite commercialized days such as Father's Day and Mother's Day. This is not to diminish the value of these days of course, after all, it is important to honor what you love and that should be expressed. When, in what form and to what extent you do that is up to everyone. It should make you happy!

Malicious tongues say that the pressure of expectation of the participants on Valentine's Day is often too high. Likewise, many people feel the day as said a little too commercialized. As a main reason for a total rejection of Valentine's Day is called above all, it is more important over the year to maintain constantly a good relationship with proximity and mutual undertakings as well as attentions.Some people also feel somewhat incapacitated by gifts and prefer to value their freedom to decide what exactly they want and when. Many potential participants also simply forget Valentine's Day unconsciously.

Singles, of course, unfortunately, also can not participate. In recent years, however, anti Valentine's Day parties have become established, where singles celebrate together extensively and turn on the wheel of fortune of their lives!