It's Valentine's again, and in school lots of people have been running around giving out presents which includes chocolates to lollipops. Some even fret; because they do not have enough gifts for the number of people he/she wants to give. Even though I have benefited from this by gaining some lollipops, I can't but question why people do that.

First and foremost, isn't Valentine's for lovers to express their love for each others, as I quote from Wikipedia? Going by that definition, there is absolutely no reason for anybody to give anyone anything. It seems that it is just a 'tradition' which no one can explain why, that people gives presents even to their normal friends. If you dispute this, please give me an explanation.

I believe people do this inexplicable act because a lot of others are doing it. So it is just a blind copying of what others are doing, 'following the trend', without actually analysing the deeper meaning behind.

For my CCA, we decided to give both seniors and juniors chocolates and lollipops this year. But if you ask any one of us, I believe we do not have an actual answer as to why this was done. All we can say is that, people do it in other CCAs, so we are doing it. This is an example of copying. To find out why there was such a 'tradition', we have to find out the first group of people who did this.

Maybe they were a couple who just became together and were trying to spread the joy to others? Or maybe there was this fellow who was interested in some guy, but didn't want others to know that; so she (I used 'she' because I haven't seen a 'he' giving out Valentine's gift) gave to everyone? We will never know why...

So if you blindly give presents to others without thinking why, it has actually no meaning to it; it is just a normal day with abnormal actions. Similarly, it would be the same if you gave things to any other day. You can do it on a Friday, and wish people 'Happy Friday' or on Monday, 'Good luck for the rest of the week'. It may sound crazy, but think about you giving others presents on Valentine's; it is the same. Who knows, because of your action, this might be ingrained in future generations, and people pass notes and letters on these days!

While I don't understand why people give presents to their friends, I can accept couples exchanging gifts with each other or someone giving a gift to someone him or her admires. But I too question why people do this; I accept it only because it is a tradition. I don't see the reason why people spend money on this day when it is no different from others. If you want your the other half to be happy, be sure to please them everyday! (Just like Mother's day, Father's day, Teacher's day and many others)

So, in conclusion from the above (other then the last paragraph), Valentine's day has actually lost its meaning!

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