red and pink and chocolate all over

why do people hate ♥ valentines day ♥ so much?

have they ever walked into walgreens in the weeks before (read: now) and seen the rows and rows of delicious candy that comes out only this time of year? chocolate hearts, boxes of bon bons, sweettart hearts, all of it wrapped in red and white and pink... mmm. how can you hate it?

i'm so glad my mom used to give us little ♥ valentines day ♥ baskets as kids. she always put in something cute to wear (like a pink t-shirt or heart-covered socks), a box of russel stover chocolates wrapped in red cellophane and shaped like a heart, and a bag of candy coated multi-colored spree-like hearts that were so smooth in your mouth as you sucked off the sugary sweetness...

i always looked forward to the holiday, long before i was told it was only supposed to be fun if you had a significant other. people who think that, well, here's what i have to say: that's baloney.

♥ valentine's day ♥ to me is like the sunshiney happy version of halloween. no blood. no zombies. no punks who smash jack o lanterns and throw eggs.

just love.
love and candy.

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