A Day to Show Love and Affection
Well, well Valentine’s day is almost upon us and it’s surprising how from small beginnings a giant tradition has arisen. In Holland it’s Valentijnsdag, in Sweden it’s Alla Hjärtans Dag (All Hearts Day), in Germaany it’s Valentinstag and in France it’s rather grandly La fête des amoreux, Le Saint-Valentin. And in case you are suffering from amnesia the day is the 14th of February. And of course there is always a bogeyman. Iran has completely banned Saint Valentine’s Day, the old meanies! But I guess with recent event in that benighted country it’s the least of their troubles.
The Dutch favour red roses, pink hearts and chocolates. While those fun loving Germans celebrate Valentine's Day by exchanging the usual gifts of chocolates and flowers plus pigs. Yes pigs! The pigs represent love and lust, but they don’t give real pigs, too messy. The pigs are given to the object of your desire as a picture or a small chocolate ornament.
The French are very practical and traditionally the French celebrated Valentine's Day with une loterie d'amour, the original speed dating. This custom saw bachelors and spinsters howling in the streets calling out for those not in a relationship to pop out and see them and eye them up. It sometimes worked, but it was rather messy and many went home alone. And many wives found their husbands missing for a while!
The Swedes are like the Scots and have a sweet tooth as a nation. They celebrate Alla Hjärtans Dag by giving each other sweet pastry, jellied sweets in fish shapes and candies of all sorts. But I didn’t see any Bassett’s All Sorts last time I was in Sweden!
Now if you want to show your loved one how much you love them then we have a whole raft of beautiful gift ideas and some of them on offer so you don’t have to break the bank. I love the idea of bringing nature indoors, especially when we are in the depths of the winter as we are now and the hands and knees hurt. If you like the picture above search the James Pirie site for the love hearts paper weight, but for a champagne moment see the gifts below.
Celebrate this special day with Edinburgh Crystal Champagne Flutes from Royal Scot Crystal. They come in a lovely presentation box and they are on at HALF PRICE and come with free delivery and free gift wrapping when you tick the box at checkout.
This item is suitable for a short engraved message above the hand cutting. To add your personal message, add the Engraving Charge (ENGCHARGE) to your shopping basket and follow the on-screen instructions to enter your text and choose a font. It will take a few days extra!
https://www.jamespirie.com/edinburgh-2-crystal-champagne-flutes-presentation-boxed.html
