– It’s the most romantic day of the year
– It is an opportunity for not only lovers but also friends to go out to eat and meet each other. Especially for singles who don’t have a lover.
Is the need to love and be loved is the reason why Valentine has become so popular, I think!
Having a day called Valentine’s Day becomes more meaningful in the Vietnamese holiday calendar system, which also has many holidays imported from abroad. In addition to pure Vietnamese holidays such as October 20, November 20, September 2, the death anniversary of the 10/3 lunar calendar, April 30 – May 1, etc., international – global holidays also occupy a place such as: Christmas, Mother’s Day, Halloween… It’s really a good sign, not and shouldn’t be discriminated once morest just because it’s a foreign culture.
Because anyway, those holidays are an opportunity for us to have an opportunity and more reasons to care regarding each other, especially in the current technology and internet era. Don’t just think of those as “money-consuming days”, because gift giving is also one of the five love languages that Dr., speaker, and author Gary Chapman introduced in 1992. If you don’t give gifts, then a word. congratulation or a caring gesture such as cooking dinner, cleaning the house, washing the dishes, etc. are also well worth doing.
I still think that February 14 is really a day that should be accepted and used more in Vietnam. Valentine has Vietnamese colors. It is a day when not only men and boys buy gifts for sisters like October 20 or March 8, but for lovers to give each other a small gift. As a word of gratitude and acknowledgment of love, the person I love most. Like husbands, wives remember that marriage is not the “graveyard” of love as people say. Like couples in love, they have to give each other gifts and say congratulations. Like a commitment to each other on the right day.
And more, I also want February 14 to be a day of love regardless of economic status, region or even gender, age. Old people can recall their childhood memories through love. Young people will learn to love each other more civilized, more sincere, more sustainable. Children too, need to learn how to love not only between men and women, between themselves and a specific person. But also great love.
Like the way I promised my 3 kids when they were little. That Dad will give Valentine gifts to 3 of you until you get Valentine’s gifts from another boy or girl. I want them to understand the meaning of Valentine’s Day as an occasion for expressing love. Children who will learn happiness from their parents’ Valentine’s Day. When every child learns the meaning of love through February 14th, they will become less violent, no longer stigmatized or discriminated once morest. Love always has a miracle that helps people become more connected to each other, more gentle with each other, more forgiving and tolerant, more generous to each other.
Valentine’s day is how we talk to each other more regarding love instead of stories like “Valentine’s motel room on fire” or regarding 3 or 4 times the price of roses, chocolate or restaurants that don’t have any seats. drum. Because I believe that those who have love will not see love with calculation and irony and irony.
Finally, today is Valentine, will you love yourself more than usual? Will you say love to those you love? Will you immerse yourself in the love atmosphere that is flooding the streets and even on social networks?
Author: Writer-journalist Hoang Anh Tu used to be the Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Student Newspaper, known under the pseudonym “Mr Chanh Van” on Hoa Hoc Tro newspaper from 2000 to 2010. He is now an content creator. content has a large following on social networks.
