Valentine's Day, celebrated the world over as a lovers' day, rekindles the romance between lovers or witnesses the blossoming of budding love and brings warring couples closer once more. Valentine's Day is that time of the year when the whole town and neighborhood is painted red with red roses, red petals, red hearts, red clothes and dresses and gifts wrapped in red. There are many who snigger at the idea of celebrating Valentine's Day and dismiss it as a vulgar and exhibitionist commercialization of a sublime emotion like love, but then every good thing has its fair share of detractors and if you knew the heart wrenching myth behind the origin of this spring festival, even a cynical man would be forced to change his mind.
Valentine's Day, as it is known today, is a fitting Catholic tribute to the Roman Patron Saint of Love, Saint Valentine who was beheaded in AD 270 by Roman emperor Claudius II for wedding young lovers in secret in defiance of the emperor's orders. This mid February ceremony is celebrated the world over by those who are deep in love through the exchange of flowers, gifts, cards and promises of love to immortalize the martyr who laid down his life at the altar of love and February 14th is now officially known as Valentine's Day.
So much for the history of Valentine's Day. By now you must be eager to grab some conventional or cool or crazy ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day with pomp and splendor or may be quietly. So let me share a few great ideas for Valentine's Day with you. To make this special day even more special, scatter red and pink rose petals all over the bedroom, leading to the dining room and then take the pain to wake up your beloved through a special rendition of a mushy love song, all the while showering fragrant petals on him or her. Rest assured, he or she will be bowled over by this special treatment.
Tell your partner that he/she is in for more pleasant surprises and escort your beloved to the dining room where you have prepared a sumptuous romantic breakfast, just for your partner. He/she will feel very touched. Follow this up with your Valentine's Day gift. If you and your partner live apart, then the best way of making his/her day special would be to wake your partner up with a good morning call and a heartfelt I Love You. You can dedicate a mushy song to him/her over the FM Radio and send a Valentine's Day gift basket filled with goodies and flowers to her/his doorstep.
A conventional idea is to go out on a lunch or dinner date at a fine dining haunt followed or preceded by a lovely romantic movie at the latest posh plex. But chances are that you are not the only one reading this article and usually everyone will be following in your footsteps and there are long queues in front of restaurants on this day.
Rather, I would suggest you to pack some homemade food and champagne and go out on a long drive to somewhere far from the madding crowd where you can enjoy the company of each other, completely undisturbed. You can spend those stolen quiet moments in the arms of your sweetheart and watch the sun set in the distant horizon. Or you may treat each other to relaxing body massages at a spa or why don't you give the massage with sensual aromatic oils yourself at home?
The idea will fire up your partner and it will, sure, create some blazing heat!
The night can be whiled away over a quiet candlelit dinner in your home where you will be surrounded by flickering aromatic candles and when the mood is set, you may consider getting naughty, if you wish. Wrap up the beautiful day with a sweet kiss planted on your beloved's forehead to show how much you care for him or her.
Tiffany Wolseley is an expert on Relationships and Marriage. For Over 10 years she has given guidance and advice to couples from all over the United States. Her specialty is adding spice back into a relationship and you can find out more about that at her blog by visiting http://valentinesgiftideas.info.
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