The Most Popular Valentine’s Day Gifts from Around the World
Depending on where in the world you make your home, the gifts and traditions of Valentine’s Day can really differ.
Flowers are customary in Austria just as they are in America.
In Britain there are valentine buns baked with plums, raisins, or caraway seeds, and children sing songs and get candy.
In Japan the women gives the man a gift on February fourteenth and on March fourteenth he has to give it back to her, so she essentially chooses her own gift. Something very similar is done in Korea, as well.
In Spain, men generally send their wives or girlfriends roses.
Scotland has a big festival where dancing and a lot of fun activities occur.
No matter where you are the most common offerings are still flowers, chocolates, and cards, but there are as many customs as there are countries, and not everyone in a particular country does things in a traditional way. Some people like to break with tradition and get their love something that’s completely unique and different, making it very memorable for both parties and something that they can treasure in the future.
My husband hates giving flowers and chocolates because he says it is a commercial trap as these items are 20% cheaper any other day of the year. He has given me a couple’s cooking class, a wine tasting tour and a canvas print of our wedding picture with our vows at the bottom, http://www.CanvasPress.com.
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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January 24th, 2009 at 12:22 am
My partner sent me a Personalised Chocolate Valentines Card last year which was delivered to my door on Valentines, and i absolutley LOVED it!! You can put your own image and message on the card which is full colour and set in Belgian chocolate so you can eat every bit of it.
I have found the site he did it through and its only £11.75 so im going to send him one this Valentines as a suprise.
If you want to creat your own Chocolate Valentines Card heres the site:
http://www.bossco.co.uk/idesign/choc_cards.php
February 5th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Valentines Day is a holiday that is celebrated world over to express their affection and love for one another, be it with cards or love poems, flowers or gifts. If you are thinking to gift jewelry for this valentine then heart shaped earrings will be the perfect ensemble that will make her look stunning.
December 5th, 2009 at 4:48 am
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January 22nd, 2010 at 5:04 am
valentine the day of love, so make sure you tel your loved one how much you love them by expressing your love in a very personalized way by gifting them a personalized pendant with your message engraved on a grain of rice which would be engraved on a rice and embedded in the pendant. order such lovely pendants from http://etanro.com
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 am
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm