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St. Valentine’s Day is now being replaced with the phrase ‘the February Holiday’. :bigyikes:

I heard this read today on the radio for Vermont Teddy Bears. (I already have a beef with them because they feature ‘Alternative (gay) Bears’ but you don’t hear them being advertised!. :eek: But that is for another thread).

Has anyone else heard the phrase ‘the February Holiday’ being used to replace St. Valentine Day?

Soon, everything we’ve known int he past is being replaced! :banghead:
 
NO WAY! That’s more stupid than “Holiday Trees!” So what will cards say now? “Will you be my February Holiday Friend?” What’s next–the March Holiday for St. Patrick’s Day?

My husband and I don’t celebrate St. Valentine’s Day in a commercial way anyway. We met on Feb 12, got engaged on Feb 12, and got our marriage license on Feb 12 (of various years, of course!). So we celebrate 2-12 and forget this big commercial thing two days later 🙂
 
I haven’t heard this. It’s getting way beyond ridiculous!

And I’m still trying to figure out how they can possibly make a stuffed bear look gay. :confused:
 
That makes me want to make a big deal out of ST VALENTINE’S day even more. Although I notice on my parish calendar it say “Valentine’s Day” without the St.

Preserving Christian civ is every bit the big job my 7th grade nun predicted it would be way back in the early 60s. God bless her wise soul.
 
They can try to change the name all they want…it will ALWAYS be St. Valentines day to Americans.
 
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That makes me want to make a big deal out of ST VALENTINE’S day even more. Although I notice on my parish calendar it say “Valentine’s Day” without the St.

Preserving Christian civ is every bit the big job my 7th grade nun predicted it would be way back in the early 60s. God bless her wise soul.
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All you have to do is preserve Christians. They can call the day whatever they want.
 
I thought Valentine was removed from the February 14th Feast Day?? He is not on my Catholic calendar and some research indiciated that during the 70’s some Saints feast days were ‘reconsidered’ due to lack of ‘proof’ of events.
 
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Has anyone else heard the phrase ‘the February Holiday’ being used to replace St. Valentine Day?
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no, if I did I would think of Lincoln’s birthday or Washingtons’s birthday, which have already been supressed and replaced with the generic presidents day, as if each of our presidents is as worthy of honor and remembrance as these two were.

does this mean history books will have to be editted to refer to the “February holiday massacre?”
 
Maybe it’s not such a bad thing that they’re renaming the day. After all, the secular society doesn’t recognise other saints’ days, they’re not really as big a part of the culture, (well, except for St Patrick of course), so not such a big deal if St Valentine’s isn’t as recognised… 14th Feb could just as easily be called Sts Cyril and Methodius’ Day, do u know what I mean?

I know it’s a tradition thing though, it’s not like we’re deliberately trying to say one saint is more worthy of a special day than another… but here’s the other, main reason why I reckon changing the name is not so bad -

Because in Australia at least, the focus of St Valentine’s Day in secular minds (even my friends from a Catholic school) and secular media is mostly about getting laid, as in boyfriends and girlfriends (surely married men don’t have to get their wives gifts on Valentines to get laid). And I reckon that just makes it a huge insult, that people are associating the name of a Catholic saint to a day which is so full of sin.
(Not saying everyone is trying to get laid, I know it’s dear to some because it’s just a romantic day, or maybe even a day for courage, to start a relationship. But there is lots of bad stuff going on as well).
 
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I think there is a number of them down in the Water Cooler. I just cannot remember which thread:confused:

PF
 
They couldn’t get more creative than that?! I would think “Lover’s Day” (in the likes of Turkey Day for Thanksgiving) would be the secularization of choice.

The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that Feb. 14th remembers THREE St. Valentines. However, the secular imagery of birds mating half-way through the second month of the year made the day particularly nice for writing love notes. Hadn’t heard either of those points before.

http://www.merrimysteries.com/tmm/images/partytips/lovebirds.gif

To His Fairest Valentine Mrs. A. L.
by Richard Lovelace
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 Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ’d to serve her deity:
And warble forth, ye virgins nine,
Some music to my Valentine.

Her bosom is love’s paradise,
There is no heav’n but in her eyes;
She’s chaster than the turtle-dove,
And fairer than the queen of love:
Yet all perfections do combine
To beautifie my Valentine.

She’s Nature’s choicest cabinet,
Where honour, beauty, worth and wit
Are all united in her breast.
The graces claim an interest:
All virtues that are most divine
Shine clearest in my Valentine.
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ’d to serve her deity:
And warble forth, ye virgins nine,
Some music to my Valentine.

Her bosom is love’s paradise,
There is no heav’n but in her eyes;
She’s chaster than the turtle-dove,
And fairer than the queen of love:
Yet all perfections do combine
To beautifie my Valentine.

She’s Nature’s choicest cabinet,
Where honour, beauty, worth and wit
Are all united in her breast.
The graces claim an interest:
All virtues that are most divine
Shine clearest in my Valentine.

http://www.thedailyinspiration.com/archives/0204/love-birds.jpg
 
I haven’t seen references to “Saint Valentine’s Day” in years (except occasionally by older Catholics). It has morphed into the religiously neutral “Valentine’s Day”. And you better believe the public schools aren’t teaching school children about “Saint Valentine” or about “Saint Nicholas” or about “St. Patrick”, as they did in my day. Indeed, our local schools don’t observe “St. Patrick’s Day”–instead March 17th (if observed at all) is called “Green Day”. St. Patrick’s Day has mostly been replaced by “Earth Day” which is in March and is apparently politically correct because it is not religious. :banghead:
 
this is one holliday I really hope does get changed to the February holliday. I relaly hate this day and it is a shame to hate a saint’s holliday. However I can easily hate and despise the February holliday
 
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