Where did V-Day even come from anyway?

     Well Valentine's Day was like it has been for the last three years.... me my best friend and the movies. Oh and last year we went to Build-A-Bear hahahaha. This year I almost did nothing for Valentine's Day but then last minute my best friend and I went to see Safe House and we're both in love with Ryan Reynolds (WHO ISN'T?!) so it was perfect.
     I think the idea of Valentine's Day is cute but it was originally to remember St. Valentine who was executed on February 14th way back in the day. He was sent to jail for his religion and the jail guard got him to teach his blind daughter because he was a very intellectual being and could help her. One day when they were together she claimed that she could see light and then that she saw and was no longer blind. The day that Valentine was sentenced to to die came shortly after that and he gave Julia a letter and signed it as "De tu Valentino" - from your Valentine and this is where the whole Valentine's Day card thing came from and that it was an act of affection.
     what i find funny is that the whole thing means something totally different now. The whole day has been modernised so that couples buy eachother expensive lavish gifts and go out for nice dinners and singles like me hangout with their friends. I dont mind it at all I just find it funny how a day that marked someone great's death can be turned into a day of love and expensive gifts and chocolate.



     I'm not complaining though he he he.