Happy Moment, Romantic Day

“Love is my all, you’re my love.” The message was on my phone screen. I received it on Valentine’s Day from my boyfriend. Valentine’s Day is really a romantic holiday for the couples. On that day, many couples will celebrate together and exchange presents with each other. Also some people will choose that romantic day to propose marriage to their lover. This sweet day is my favorite holiday. Nevertheless, I really enjoy Valentine’s Day in America because it gives me surprise and excitement.

When I was in China, I never noticed anything special about Valentine’s Day. This holiday in China is just a usual day. Unlike China, Valentine’s Day is a full of holiday atmosphere in America. Close to February, related products or advertising about Valentine’s Day will appear in various shopping malls, supermarkets and restaurants. During that time, almost everything in the streets and stores is red or pink. Those colors and hearts are symbols of that romantic day. In addition, once I saw a big poster post on the cake shop. It said “Happiness is in the mouth, sweet sour raspberry as your love mixed in cream and sponge cake.” It made me have a warm and sweet feeling immediately. Although I was standing in this strange area, the romantic atmosphere has already rendered me.

Moreover, I found that the Valentine’s Day in America is for all the people who are in love whether they are married or single. Even though couples may have children, they also celebrate it because they consider it’s a perfect moment to express their love. Therefore, not only did I celebrate it with my lover, but also my parents and grandparents date their lover to celebrate it. Presents are emphasized in the U.S. When I celebrated Valentine’s Day in America, I received flowers, chocolates and a big Teddy bear. Those are the common gifts and some males will buy necklaces or diamond rings for their girlfriends. My boyfriend had fervidly expressed his feeling that said” Honey, I love you forever.” And then we had a sweet kiss. It really gave me a surprise. In contrast, Chinese celebration is totally different; it doesn’t have that passion like the American version. Especially, Valentine’s Day never belongs to people after they are married in China. The Valentine’s Day is just for the singles who are in love. And then, many Chinese don’t like to buy things as a present. We prefer to make the gifts by ourselves because we think it’s more able to express their mind. For example, I made a scarf or gloves for my lover when I was in China. It means the love such as sun shine in his mind in the winter. The emotion expression, it is unlike America too. For instance, Chinese people seldom expressed the feeling form our mouth and just wrote a love letter or a love poem. So, Chinese people are implicitly to express their love.

Finally, I think American Valentine’s Day is influencing many young Chinese couple a lot,

including me. In this 21th century, most young Chinese people prefer to celebrate on February 14th because Chinese Valentine’s Day is very traditional. I think it is boring if we celebrate in a restrained way and gradually begin to follow American Valentine’s Day now. I like to celebrate with my boyfriend on February 14th, because it lets me feel a lot of happy and there are many different surprises. Instead, many men would buy roses for their girlfriends. Young people were very interested that the different number of rose meaning. For example, one rose means” the one in my heart”; three roses mean “I love you”; ninety-nine roses mean “forever love”, etc. so, I think that is more romantic for the couples.

To sum up, culture celebrations reflect their native culture, but whichever Chinese Valentine’s Day or American Valentine’s Day, both are for couples. No matter which version we celebrate, we will enjoy that moment, even thought we are in the strange area. Cupid also will use his love arrows to let people have a happy moment with their lover and feeling the love is exist in this world. Loves will always around you. Do you feel that?