In Finland, Valentine's Day is not a super romantic/huge marketing scam for chocolates and sex.
The 14th of February (most men hate this date - some women too) is "Friendship Day".
So there are no flying � naked babies (aka Cupid) shooting people with pointy heart-shaped arrows, not many paper hearts or heart-shaped boxes (I bet those are for the Finns married to foreigners!).
I remember last year, we took V�in� to Rosso's for pizza on Valentine's Day - and it was also to celebrate my birthday and our anniversary (a wee bit early). The waitress wished us "Happy Valentine's Day" somewhat hesitantly as we were getting ready to leave. I guess it's just not common.
Another V-Day is February 17th! As previously mentioned, everyday of the calendar has a name (or several varieties of a name or a couple different names for male and female). Some people name their child the name that is listed on the child's date of birth - and some pick specific dates (a parent's birthday) or some people - like us - just picked a name regardless of the date it's labelled on.
So our son V�in� has his name day on February 17th and to celebrate it (it's kind of like another birthday I was told) - we'll get him a little cup cake and an extra DVD for the month.
Some people throw parties, some give gifts and some don't do anything for it at all!
I like the idea of giving a little gift and a treat...but that's just me.
The 14th of February (most men hate this date - some women too) is "Friendship Day".
So there are no flying � naked babies (aka Cupid) shooting people with pointy heart-shaped arrows, not many paper hearts or heart-shaped boxes (I bet those are for the Finns married to foreigners!).
I remember last year, we took V�in� to Rosso's for pizza on Valentine's Day - and it was also to celebrate my birthday and our anniversary (a wee bit early). The waitress wished us "Happy Valentine's Day" somewhat hesitantly as we were getting ready to leave. I guess it's just not common.
Another V-Day is February 17th! As previously mentioned, everyday of the calendar has a name (or several varieties of a name or a couple different names for male and female). Some people name their child the name that is listed on the child's date of birth - and some pick specific dates (a parent's birthday) or some people - like us - just picked a name regardless of the date it's labelled on.
So our son V�in� has his name day on February 17th and to celebrate it (it's kind of like another birthday I was told) - we'll get him a little cup cake and an extra DVD for the month.
Some people throw parties, some give gifts and some don't do anything for it at all!
I like the idea of giving a little gift and a treat...but that's just me.
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