Valentine's Day - Celebrating a Millennium of Love | LMAC FreeStyle No. 19
For my Freestyle Collage No. 19, my theme is Celebrating Valentine's Day. In a few days on February 14th, Valentine's Day will be observed by millions of people in countries around the world. The day signifies joy, happiness, sharing, and expression of feelings to others.
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. The day originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. 1
Later, through various folk traditions in numerous countries, Valentine's Day has become a significant cultural and religious day of observance. 1
It is a special day.
I remember as a child, our schools would set aside special activities for the upcoming day. Teachers would have students make greeting cards to share with classmates.
Parents were encouraged to purchase small boxes of Valentine candy for classmates. The candy wasn't expensive, however, purchasing items for an entire class could become expensive for families with limited resources.
Several decades ago, commercializing the celebration of romance and love exploded. Today, millions of dollars are spent each year on.
Sending and receiving flowers and gifts have become the norm.
Gatherings for various activities associated with romance and love have become popular, such as dinner dates and outings to special places that have significance for the individuals. This expression symbolizes the remembrance of the qualities that each person initially recognized in the other that formed the attraction.
Society has evolved in this respect. Not only can a females send wishes to males, but vice versa with no underlying intent meant or received.
The day is not set aside only for romantic relationships. Any relationship where one person celebrates the other in family, friends, workplace, and other settings, is accepted as normal in the current social environment.
However, I can understand why some people feel the day is overrated and exaggerated. Their point is that if individuals who express gratitude, love, and appreciation for others every day of the year, then there would be no need to designate one special day.
I feel that Valentine's Day celebrations may occur around the universe? The occasion may not resemble the rituals that humans on Earth observe, but that doesn't mean relationships don't exist.
While thinking of this concept, I designed a theme where an alien couple is observing their version of love during their lifetime.
They've been together a millennium. That's quite along time. Perhaps they measure their time together as a different concept. A thousand years of love. Now, that's romantic and everlasting.
In preparing my theme for love and romance, I located a beautiful alien couple. He's handsome, and she is beautiful in a surreal sense.
I stared at the photo thinking I've seen them before at the grocers perusing the organic isle! Just a bit of fun. The couple was perfect as representatives of lovers in the universe.
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To complete my scene with romantic items, I searched the LIL database and also found other images. Below are the additional images I included. I uploaded all into Canva to take advantage of my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
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Watercolor rose by Victoria_Watercolor at Pixabay
Together Forever words by Alexas_Fotos at Pixabay
Birthday cake by ApplesPC at Pixabay
Wedding rings by UpMeHolidays at PurePNG
Gold Heart confetti at JMB Studio at Canva*
Wooden heart Contributed to the #LIL by @quantumg
Thanks for your visit. I hope you enjoyed my Valentine's Day special freestyle collage.
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Happy rest of the week everyone with whatever your endeavors.
SOURCES:
a) JustClickindiva's Footer created in Canva utilizing its free background and images used with permission from discord admins.
b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use
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g) *Canva images free for members maintaining a Pro Annual Subscription Membership.
1 "Valentine's Day". Wikepedia. Online at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day
A collage that is quite interesting with a unique idea. Is this a wedding invitation? the happy faces of this alien couple make me smile too.
Since they're aliens, and are celebrating Valentine's Day, they're probably renewing their vows for another 1,000 years, since they've been together for a milllennium.
The scene made me smile also. Thanks so much for your visit. I appreciate it.
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Interesting characters, good luck my friend
Love has no limits, no bounding's, and also no age, It is here to stay forever, You may die, the person you love may die, but if your love is true, you continue to love that person, even he/she is not with you.
Yes, true love lasts a lifetime, especially in your memories. Thanks so much for your visit and words of wisdom.
Take care.
When a person falls in true love with someone, it never ends no matter what he does. Love has no age or anything else it can happen at any time and the person it happens to is the one who feels the most. Then all he wants is that the person he has fallen in love with never leaves his eyes.
This is so true. And that love can last a lifetime. It's a beautiful thing to witness or be involved in. Thanks so much for stopping by and your lovely words. I appreciate your support.
Take care.
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Most welcome dear.