The Month of Lerve

Yep, 'tis February. The signs are up and the sales are on - all in the name of Love. In Japan, Valentine's Day is spread over two days - the typical February 14th and also March 14th. On February 14th, girls give boys chocolates. Apparently, many girls feel that chocolates bought from a store don't convey true love, so they make them themselves. Sugoi ne. Then, on March 14 - called White Day - boys return the notion by giving girls candy. Apparently White Day was started by a marshmallow company back in the 1960s. It's said the candy company was jealous of the sales of chocolate companies around Valentine's Day, so as compensation - and to further commercialisation - they created White Day.

I am making an English poster at the moment about Valentine's Day to hang up in school. Was doing some research and googled "Valentine's around the world", which brought me to this website. Pretty interesting.

http://www.novareinna.com/festive/valworld.html