Valentine’s Day Ideas
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by dimaks in Life
Valentine’s day is closing in and for those who celebrate it, February 14 is a day where one is expected to get a clear listing of their dedicated offerings or gifts for their loved ones. In various parts of the world, the same concept is happening although it varies in terms of ways of celebration. In Japan for example, women give chocolate to men, while on March 14, which they call “White Day”, men gives various gifts to women. As per experience, a Japanese friend told me that as single woman gives the first gift on the 14th of February, a response gift from single man would conclude the start of their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. The truth is, this tradition was started as a marketing initiative for chocolate companies in Japan. Thus, in various Valentine’s Day Ideas that you may find, Japanese people are somewhat obliged to give gifts to their friends and even office mates so as not to make them feel left out.
Well, there are actually loads of great Valentine’s day ideas around like Valentine’s Day Ideas, Valentine’s day gifts, flowers, Cards, Dinner
and even printables in the form of Valentine’s Day themed love coupons and other goodies, which are free for you to print out. If you venture on further, you might want to try out these Top 10 Romantic Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day by Amy Cunningham, as follows:
- Day Off
- Honeymoon Again
- Week Long Celebration
- Be Kids Again.
- Travel
- Bed & Breakfast
- Romantic Movies
- Gifts of Love
- Music to Your Ears
- Game On
I think it is also interesting to learn about how other people from other part of the globe view and celebrate Valentine’s Day.
For more Valentine’s Day ideas, I also found this list submitted to www.romancestuck.com:
- Carve a heart in an apple and play the part of a sexy temptress a la snow white.. . only your apple is seduction.
- Serve breakfast in bed. Use cookie cutters and make heart shaped pancakes, heart shaped toast, and even heart shaped melons (honeydew, cantaloupe, etc)
- Cook a romantic, gourmet dinner for two, fill the room with heart shaped candles and enjoy the dinner by candle light.
- Surprise your loved one with a velvet heart full of fresh, gourmet truffles.
- Use an old pill container and turn it into a ‘prescription for love’ and fill it with Valentine heart-shaped conversation candies. Create a label on your computer that says: Take twice daily with a kiss.
- Send her a dozen flowers at work (red flowers, roses, her favorite flower, or even the flower she carried in her wedding bouquet).
- Wear sexy red lingerie to bed as a surprise.
- Send her flowers at home and at work.
- Surprise your sweetie with satin sheets on the bed.
- Dance to Martina McBride’s “Valentine”.
- Eat red foods all day long: strawberries at breakfast and pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.
- Eat a dinner filled with aphrodisiacs complete with a decadent chocolate dessert.
- Serenade your sweetie with a love song such as “My Funny Valentine” or “your” song.
- Give her a custom love song.
- Wear red or pink lipstick and leave a kiss on the mirror, on a card, on a love note, etc.
- Get a box of kids Valentine’s Day cards from a local store and fill them with love notes. Put them all in one large package for her to open or give them to her throughout the day.
- Create a love song cd filled with Valentine’s Day related songs or love songs that describe your relationship.
- Fill his/her mp3 player with Valentine’s Day songs or love songs that describe your relationship.
Now you got ideas on what to do this coming February 14 
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