Valentine’s Day brings a broad range of responses. Stalwarts embrace and celebrate the Day of Hearts, while cynics consider it a gimmick for selling greeting cards, flowers, and chocolates. Some use Valentine’s Day to pursue a new romance, while the recently brokenhearted may view its profusion of roses and candies as salt rubbed into fresh wounds.
Wherever we fall on this spectrum, Valentine’s Day can hardly be avoided. Grocery stores, pharmacies, card and flower shops, confectionaries, and restaurants all do booming business when Cupid comes to town. Consequently, we’re surrounded with an array of that chubby archer’s tokens of the season. Like it or not, we’re part of Valentine’s Day.
