How Should We Celebrate Valentines Day？我们应如何庆祝情人节？.docVIP

How Should We Celebrate Valentines Day？我们应如何庆祝情人节？ 　　每逢情人节，玫瑰花涨价，巧克力走俏，情侣绞尽脑汁挑选有新意的礼物，商家费尽心思让人们为浪漫买单，“情人节”成了“情人劫”。难道没有更好的方式来表达爱意吗？其实，情人节最重要的不在于为对方花了多少钱，甚至购买价格不菲的礼物，而是两个人在一起度过甜蜜、快乐的时光。花点心思做一些感动对方的小事，岂不更浪漫温馨？ 　　As all of you know February 14th is Valentines Day.Love it or hate it you will not escape the fact that it is Valentines Day.For many guys，Valentines Day is a chore and for women it is a day that is highly anticipated. 　　I personally feel that this day is nothing more than aHallmark Holidayldesigned for material expression.never understood the concept of dedicating one day to show your special someone how much you care about them.Shouldnt that be something that happens more than once a year？Perhaps even more than once a week？ 　　If you are a person who is married，you have the anni-versary of your wedding，and if you are in a relationship there are often memorable days such as the date you start being serious about one another.or first kiss，etc. 　　I have never really been one to participate in festivities of Valentines Day，not only for the obvious reasons（not much of a dater to say the least），but more so that I just do not believe in designating one day to show someone you love or care about them，let alone buy that person a bunch of stuff for the sake of participating in the holiday. 　　I look at the day in the same manner that I do thecon-ceptof church or temple.Many people who are devoted to their faith dedicate one day a week to attending a building in order to show respect and worship.My personal issue with this is，if religion is something personal，why does one feel obligated to attend a service？Is it wrong to be religious and worship in private on a semi daily/weekly level alone？ 　　I do not want to discuss religion today，I just wanted to illustrate a contrast between what I feel are social inconsis-tencies based on past models that were set in place and taught to future generations.I believe that theconceptof Valentines Day is one that is inherently