A week to go and it's Valentines Day which I recall getting and receiving cards as a child as it was always a big deal in school and at home where you might be asked if you'd had one.
In Finland, Valentine's Day is called ystävänpäivä, which means "Friend's Day". As the name indicates, this day is more about remembering friends, not significant others. In Estonia, Valentine's Day was originally called valentinipäev and later also sõbrapäev ('Friend's Day') as a calque of the Finnish term.
While there is nothing at all wrong with romantic love, it does tend to overshadow the love of friends, family members and people you may be very close to and maybe there's something to marking that.
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