Comments on: Why Valentines Day is Super Lame http://www.culturefeast.com/why-valentines-day-is-super-lame/ Fresh culture. Served daily. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Valentines Gifts http://www.culturefeast.com/why-valentines-day-is-super-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-100039 Valentines Gifts Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:13:44 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=2190#comment-100039 Valentine's day is more commercial than any other season ie Xmas, Mothers day etc and many people do not bother with it and other buy out of guilt, it's more for teenagers really. Retailers however need to keep cash flow coming to pay staff as sales for most retailers take a tumble in January until Valentines Day/Mothers day sales kick in.<br><br>I usually buy a card and take the missus out for a meal but don't spend the earth. Valentine's day is more commercial than any other season ie Xmas, Mothers day etc and many people do not bother with it and other buy out of guilt, it's more for teenagers really. Retailers however need to keep cash flow coming to pay staff as sales for most retailers take a tumble in January until Valentines Day/Mothers day sales kick in.

I usually buy a card and take the missus out for a meal but don't spend the earth.

]]> By: Valentines Day Gifts http://www.culturefeast.com/why-valentines-day-is-super-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-99277 Valentines Day Gifts Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:27:48 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=2190#comment-99277 Like every holiday it has been commercialised so the fat cats can fill their pockets. But if you can see through all that and take it for what it actually means then anything else does not really matter. It's about showing someone you care. Like every holiday it has been commercialised so the fat cats can fill their pockets. But if you can see through all that and take it for what it actually means then anything else does not really matter. It's about showing someone you care.

]]> By: Keep Up With Me » What Is There to Say about Single Women and Valentine’s Day? http://www.culturefeast.com/why-valentines-day-is-super-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-67879 Keep Up With Me » What Is There to Say about Single Women and Valentine’s Day? Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:56:26 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=2190#comment-67879 [...] Jenni Hammitt thinks that Valentine’s Day is “super lame.” Maybe I’m the exception to the rule, but I just do not see why we buy into all of this. I think that at its inception, the holiday was a great idea. However, commercial greed took over and now it is this pink and red monster assailing pocketbooks, checking accounts and unwitting consumers each day. February 14 will just be another Saturday to me. I will go to work. I will spend time with my friends. That alone will make me happy. [...] [...] Jenni Hammitt thinks that Valentine’s Day is “super lame.” Maybe I’m the exception to the rule, but I just do not see why we buy into all of this. I think that at its inception, the holiday was a great idea. However, commercial greed took over and now it is this pink and red monster assailing pocketbooks, checking accounts and unwitting consumers each day. February 14 will just be another Saturday to me. I will go to work. I will spend time with my friends. That alone will make me happy. [...]

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