Valentine’s Day is a day to spend basking in the glory of love. Or is it?

If you look back on the history of Valentine’s Day, it is not that glamorous a day. Look back on its origin, and you will find it is a violent, bloody and depressing day.

The day got its start when Saint Valentine was beaten to death with clubs for conducting marriages after the Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage. The people honored his memory on the day of his death.

Yes, my friends, this day of love has a history of beatings and death.However, this is not my main problem with this holiday-not even close.My main problem with Valentine’s Day is that it is the commercialization of love.The holiday is telling people that if you don’t buy your love flowers and a heart-shaped box of chocolates, then you don’t love this person.

The idea that the only way to express one’s love is through buying them chocolate and some awful stuffed animal is horrendous. The holiday has shifted from a remembrance of those who have died in the name of love to a high-pressure day of buying gifts to prove your love for one another.

Over time, Valentine’s Day has also evolved into a day that isn’t focused on love, but rather focused on sex, often simply buying it with cheap trinkets that have red and pink hearts on them. People should not buy into the thought that, “Hey, this person gave me candy and flowers. I should give them hot lovin’ in return.”

Just think of it this way: If your love only gave you the amount of money he spent on the gift, would you have sex with him? You would not, because he would basically be paying you for sex. It is the same thing if he were to give you a teddy bear wearing a cute costume-it’s still just buying sex in a different form.

If you love someone, tell them! Don’t buy them tacky gifts and fattening candies. Let them know in more meaningful ways. Write them a poem, or do something you know they would enjoy.

Most importantly, do it on days other than Valentine’s Day. Love should not be around for just a day and then die off. Don’t buy into the corporate malarkey. Love should be something celebrated 365 days a year, not a single day that card and condom companies force on you.

Valentine’s Day is the day we celebrate our love for others. We express love for our family, friends, or our significant other. This day is not about eating chocolates or smelling flowers. It is not really about the cards or the diamonds. It is about spending time with the people you love.

But why celebrate on Valentine’s Day? Companies just want to waste and use our money? No, that is not the case. That is just a line that lonely people might say. Love should be celebrated every day.

The holiday is not about whether you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. It doesn’t matter if you have money to buy all those romantic things. It is about spending time with the people you have come to cherish and love.

Back in the old days, men would send love letters to the women they admired on this day. Today, we are just following the age-old tradition of expressing our love. Now, instead of just love letters, we give more gifts. We use gifts to express how we feel. Some people just cannot express their feelings with words, so they give presents. There is nothing wrong about that.

It is plain and simple: Valentine’s Day is about spending time with the ones you love or care about. Some people just use gifts to express how they feel. Gifts do not mean that you have to give something in return. It is not about sex. It’s about love-love with presence, love with words, and love with gifts.

Valentine’s Day is a good holiday with a wonderful meaning, so it is not right to whine and complain about how bad you think it is.