Wednesday, February 09, 2011 By Ania Nazarian [ArticleImageHyperLink] Advertising Will you be my valentine? (Feb. 9, 2011) -- Over the years, as we’ve grown from six-year-olds to sixteen-year-olds, Valentine’s Day has taken on a whole new meaning. Today, when we think of this February holiday, some of us look forward to it, admiring this day of love. Others of us despise it because we look at it as a holiday that only reminds us that we don’t have someone to share it with. The rest of us simply just don’t care, making Feb. 14 another ordinary day. As the years go by, industries make holidays more and more into business opportunities rather than a day to celebrate something special. Children in elementary schools buy cartoon-themed Valentine's Day cards, teenagers in high school buy inexpensive gifts, and adults don’t take their time to think of a gift that will leave their partner speechless. Some people may say that Valentine’s Day is an extra holiday and if you truly love someone you don't need a specific day to show that love for them. Although I somewhat believe in this idea, I also strongly am against it in some ways. Instead of believing that Valentine’s Day is extra, I believe that it is celebrated in the wrong way. On Valentine’s Day you’ll probably find a long line of people with a card and roses in their hands waiting at the check-out aisle of a Vons. Thinking about this scenario, all that comes to mind is how lame and thoughtless this day has turned into. One can take ten minutes out of any day in the year to go get a simple gift to remind their significant other that they love them. But not every day is Valentine’s Day, the day where you have the opportunity to go all out and do something completely unexpected and exciting. Wouldn’t it be nice to rather than come home from school on Valentine’s Day with a rose that’s going to soon die out in your hand, come home with an unforgettable memory of something out of the ordinary and thoughtful someone did for you to show their love?

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