Valentine's Day

Every Valentine’s Day, chocolate becomes part of the romantic holiday. Why? Is it because of all the health benefits of chocolate? Is it because it is simply satisfying? Or, is it just the tradition? Even without going into the history of the relation of Valentine’s Day and the chocolates, it’s easy to understand why chocolate is the favorite way to express love on the Valentine’s Day. 

According to Holiday Insights, though women make most of the chocolate purchases during the year (75%), men make the most purchases for Valentine’s Day (75%). So, my guess is that men buy chocolate because it is part of the Valentine’s Day tradition. And, from what our recent survey found part of that chocolate giving tradition is now to send the gifts home or to simply bring them home! In the early 16oo's the style for chocolate has been across Europe, in London One shop opened on Grace church Street in 1657 advertising chocolate as “a West Indian drink which cures and preserves the body of many diseases.

" Chocolate’s connection to Valentine’s Day is a prime example of virtue finding its just reward, although it took centuries for the two essentials elements the rise of chocolate as a popular food, and the celebration of Valentine’s Day as a holiday to join forces. In time though, chocolate made its way to the masses.

In the article the real history of valentine’s day by Patrick Allan When you think of Valentine’s Day you probably think of flowers, chocolates, and notes sealed with a kiss not whipping women with dead animals or martyrdom. Around the start of the industrial revolution in the U.S., Valentine’s Day went from being a small-time, historical day of romance to full-blown money tree.

The day of romance was born anew as a commercial holiday. Since then, the day is not only about buying cheesy cards to pass around your Third grade class, but it’s also about buying flowers, candy, jewelry, and trying unsuccessfully to get reservations at halfway-decent restaurants. what is valentine’s day to you?