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Do they celebrate Val-Day in the UK?

austinsneeze
austinsneeze Posts: 220 Member
edited February 13 in Chit-Chat
Dumb question, but I never knew!!!

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  • PhoenixStrikes
    PhoenixStrikes Posts: 587 Member
    Yes. They do.
  • chelseabuns88
    chelseabuns88 Posts: 77 Member
    Celebrate or endure? ;)
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    Do we? What's Val-Day??
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    Do we? What's Val-Day??

    Oops! me being super-thick!!! not worked out what val was short for lol :embarassed:
  • arwacky
    arwacky Posts: 1,653 Member
    Celebrate or endure? ;)

    This..applies for all over the world and how I feel ATM
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    There's a whole lot of history that I won't post here, but the modern way we celebrate the holiday originated in the UK.

    They invented the Valentine poem (Chaucer, from London)

    The Valentine love letter (Charles, Duke of Orleans, Burgundian, but he was in London when he wrote it)

    and The Valentine card (Margery Brew, from Norfolk)
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
    Yup. Well not me personally, but we seem to adopt all the over-commercialised, over-hyped holidays from you guys in the States... :grumble:
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Yup. Well not me personally, but we seem to adopt all the over-commercialised, over-hyped holidays from you guys in the States... :grumble:

    You guys invented that stuff first.

    Blame Chaucer and that Margery Brew chick, then blame Hallmark.
  • Frood42
    Frood42 Posts: 245 Member
    We do celebrate Valentines day here in the UK.
    Not sure what Val-Day is though, is this more American/Internet slang for something...

    :tongue:
  • austinsneeze
    austinsneeze Posts: 220 Member
    Touche haha
  • moya_rargh
    moya_rargh Posts: 1,473 Member
    Yes, yes we do. Mehhhh! :grumble:
  • victal
    victal Posts: 1,375 Member
    Yep we do, but someone needs to tell my husband that :grumble: :huh:
  • MsTT80
    MsTT80 Posts: 59 Member
    We celebrated (in the UK) with a lovely home cooked meal by me and some flowers from him.
  • moya_rargh
    moya_rargh Posts: 1,473 Member
    Only 2.5hrs until 'You're a complete leper because you're too ugly to get anybody' day is over here in the UK! Tick tock...
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