Remember: Valentine's Day may have begun as "for lover's only", but
                             this is the 21st Century! Consider it instead a day for all kinds of love;
                             from love of friends and family to love of your furry friends or food!
                             Make it a day where you indulge, explore and express your love for
                             anything or anyone important to you.
 

                                Anyone can enjoy specially-made Valentine's treats! To love others you
                             must first love yourself, and you can show it by indulging in some fine
                             chocolates!

                              Valentine's is also a very good time for interesting floral arrangements.
                             Add some colour and cheer to your snowy February with some
                             beautifully-arranged flowers!

                              Home-made presents - of any kind - show more personal feeling and
                             thought than some pre-packaged gifts and cards from a store. No matter
                             who you'd like to express your feelings to, with some imagination and
                             effort anyone can make something really precious: a message from the
                             heart! Words of true feeling, whether it be love, friendship or kinship
                             make a bigger impact with most people than generic store fare.

                            Consider having a talk with your pet. Tell him or her how much you
                              love them, and why. Sure, they won't understand your words, but
                              they'll understand what you mean, and they'll be happy you spent
                              time with them.

                                  Phone friends to plan a fun group-date. Go to a movie, the arcade, art
                             gallery or anywhere else interesting that you and your friends can all
                             enjoy together!

                               Dateless and it's really bothering you? Call up some like-minded
                             girlfriends and have an "Anti-Valentine's Day" party. Get some girl mags,
                             rent some chick flicks, pig out on ice cream and popcorn and
                             commiserate and gab all night!

                             Love your mother! Buy some seeds and a pot and pre-plant your
                             contribution to Green Day in April! If you find the right plant, tree or
                             flower, it should be stable enough to transplant outside on the
                             celebration of our planet!

                               Give a random stranger in your school or work a Valentine (but make
                             sure they know it's just platonic and not a secret crush)! Or have some
                            generic Valentines with warm greetings to give to staff members or
                             employees in your life, or just to people you meet in the course of your
                             day who look like they could use some cheering up.

                             Try pepping up some traditional Valentines with new twists; try colouring
                             them in, adding some of your own original artwork, catchy quotes, or
                             even some Origami roses or hearts. They'll be fun to do and learn, and
                             add some personality to your gifts.

                            If you know someone who is particularly depressed about their place in
                           peoples' hearts on this day, you could make a collage of pictures of friends
                           and family cut into odd shapes and backed by coloured cardboard, and
                           paste it all onto a piece of bristolboard. If you use a piece of white
                           bristolboard, you can also get everyone with a picture on the collage to
                           sign it with a Valentine's or just an every-day note of friendship!
 
 

 
 
 

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