Valentine's Day

Whether you are in the Italian city of Verona and writing one of the one thousand letters addressed to Juliet, or one of the twenty two hundred thousand people who are popping the question of marriage, Valentine’s Day is going to cost you a lot of many if you are planning to buy a gift for that special someone.

The most popular theory about Valentine’s Day origin was when the emperor Claudius II did not want his Roman men to marry during a time of war. Therefore, Bishop Valentine took action, went against the wishes of the emperor and performed wedding ceremonies in secret. After the emperor discovered this betrayal, Bishop Valentine was jailed and executed. During his time in jail, Bishop Valentine wrote a note to the jailer's daughter and signed it “from your valentine”.

How do we celebrate Valentines? By buying expensive gifts that they would not buy themselves such as candy hearts, roses which die in two weeks after purchasing them, tacky Valentine’s day cards which would hold a deeper meaning if you made one yourself, and diamond jewelry in the shape of a heart.

According to Weau: Fun Valentine's Day Facts more than thirty six million boxes of candy are sold during Valentine’s Day and on average men spend 130 dollars on Valentine’s Day. About eight billion candy hearts will be produced, one billion Valentine’s Day cards will be bought, and 50 million roses will be given on Valentine’s Day.

A day to remind your partner and yourself that you both love each other is a waste of money economically; unless you are single then you can buy all the candy you want after Valentine’s Day when everything is half off because the stores need to get rid of their merchandise.