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I prefer the Chinese New Year Holiday better to the other one, which as far as I can tell seems to be an American creation, developed by greeting card companies. Goes to google to check.
Hmm. I'm wrong. This is what wiki states about Valentine's Day:
Saint Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day)[1][2][3] is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.[1][3] The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
And I found this amusing:
It is a common opinion that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to Christianize celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia, and that a commemorative feast was established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, of those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God," among whom was Valentine, was set for the useful day. Alternatively, William M. Green argues that the Catholic Church could not abolish the deeply rooted Lupercalia festival, so the church set aside a day to honor the Virgin Mary.
Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, a possibly earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February its name.
And regarding the Chinese New Year - which I like better and is the Eastern Holiday as opposed to Valentine's Day which is a Western Holiday, in Western/European Culture:
Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is commonly called "Lunar New Year", because it is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as chú xī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".
So, I guess which holiday you celebrate depends on which cultural heritage you identify with the most? (Shrugs)
I don't really celebrate either. Rather aggravated at the moment. Spent most of the day trying to read a fictional work that left me annoyed and frustrated and I eventually gave up on. I think I've burned out on fanfic. Did make chocolat chip gluten free brownies, although not sure it was a wise idea. Just gave me more energy that I have no means of expending. Feel like a prisoner in my own apartment, while work continues to stack up at work. And for some bizarre reason each time I go on the computer to work on my novel, I end up on the internet. Gah. Am off to watch the netflix vid - "Lost in Austen". (Tried watching Burn Notice, but for some reason, I'm bored by it this season along with Leverage and Project Runway, I don't know why. I honestly wish my tastes made sense. Make life easier. But nooo...they are continuously in flux.)
Hmm. I'm wrong. This is what wiki states about Valentine's Day:
Saint Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day)[1][2][3] is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.[1][3] The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
And I found this amusing:
It is a common opinion that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to Christianize celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia, and that a commemorative feast was established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, of those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God," among whom was Valentine, was set for the useful day. Alternatively, William M. Green argues that the Catholic Church could not abolish the deeply rooted Lupercalia festival, so the church set aside a day to honor the Virgin Mary.
Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, a possibly earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February its name.
And regarding the Chinese New Year - which I like better and is the Eastern Holiday as opposed to Valentine's Day which is a Western Holiday, in Western/European Culture:
Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is commonly called "Lunar New Year", because it is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as chú xī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".
So, I guess which holiday you celebrate depends on which cultural heritage you identify with the most? (Shrugs)
I don't really celebrate either. Rather aggravated at the moment. Spent most of the day trying to read a fictional work that left me annoyed and frustrated and I eventually gave up on. I think I've burned out on fanfic. Did make chocolat chip gluten free brownies, although not sure it was a wise idea. Just gave me more energy that I have no means of expending. Feel like a prisoner in my own apartment, while work continues to stack up at work. And for some bizarre reason each time I go on the computer to work on my novel, I end up on the internet. Gah. Am off to watch the netflix vid - "Lost in Austen". (Tried watching Burn Notice, but for some reason, I'm bored by it this season along with Leverage and Project Runway, I don't know why. I honestly wish my tastes made sense. Make life easier. But nooo...they are continuously in flux.)
