Valentines Day - The Lovers Day and how to celebrate it

"For this was on St. Valentine's Day, When every fowl cometh there to choose his mate." - Chaucer

February 14, Valentines Day is the day of expressing love to your mate. Tracing back to history, during the Middle Ages, in England and France, February 14 was commonly believed to be the beginning of birds' mating season. It gave birth to the idea that February 14 should be a day dedicated to love and romance. Feast of Lupercalia, the fertility festival of ancient Rome at beginning of the Spring in honor of Roman God of fertility, is also believed to give birth to the idea of Valentines day. But the most famous legend behind this lovers day is the story of St. Valentine, the legendary priest whom the modern Valentine's Day pays honours to. The patron saint of this legend was from the third century Rome who used to perform secret marriage for young couples when marriage was outlawed by the then king to make man a better soldier. After getting caught by the cruel Emperor Claudius II, this noble saint was sentenced to death. Thus St. Valentine has become immortal in the heart of every young lovers. 14 February is the day to pay tribute to this great sacrifice of St. Valentine.

Ever since its provenance, this day has been correlated with romantic love. For centuries this greatest festival has been dedicated to the unconditional love between two mortals. It is devoted to the lover whose heart is struck by the cupid's arrow and cannot help himself or herself but from experiencing the most beautiful feeling of falling in love. It is the time to shower your lover and indulge her with lots of cards, gifts of love and especially red roses. It is the time to enjoy a day in togetherness by spending quality time with your beloved, having a candle light dinner together and looking into the eyes of each other for hours. Gifts on Valentines Day mean a lot to those in love. People get the opportunity to express their unspoken love for their sweethearts.

Valentines day means a grand celebration throughout the world. It is the second largest celebration next to Christmas. It is the time to tell us our loved ones how much we love them and care about them. Gifts on Valentines day are just tokens of affection and the strong bond of love between two lovers. Valentines day celebration could be observed even in seventeenth century when exchanging hand written love notes and small tokens with the beloved was a popular custom. Then came the era of exchanging greetings cards by the eighteenth century. Last century also experienced massive Valentines celebration across the globe with most expensive gifts, cards, roses and sometimes craziest act done or gifts given to one's loved one as we all know "when love is not madness, it's not love."

In the present century Valentines day is marked for dating and extensive gift giving custom. The whole environment wears a festive look. Lovers living far away from each other come close to each other through the message of gifts. Indian sweethearts residing outside India send gifts to India on Valentines day to their beloved. By sending Valentine day gifts to India these lonely hearts express their love for that special someone. People wait eagerly to convey their feelings about each other in a special way may be physically they are far away from each other.

The most popular way of celebrating Valentines day is to convey your passionate love by gifting the special one red roses, chocolates and cards. So these special Valentines day gifts to India from you can bring the out of the world smile on that love struck face which will fill up your all senses like a mountain in Spring time. If you are not the lucky one to take out your loved one for a five star dinner you can just send Dinner gift voucher as gift to India on this special day.

Valentines day is the perfect day to propose that magnificent sparkle of your life to make your life complete by marrying you. You can get down one knee with a diamond ring in one hand and surrender yourself in front of that special lady and ask her to spend the life with you. If you are out of the country yet planning for a propose then a diamond ring with a huge rose bouquet and few other romantic items will be just perfect to send gifts to India on Valentines day.

Valentines day is not only the couples' day but also the day to celebrate any kind of love be it parents-children or best friends. So send gifts to India on this Valentine to your friends and family and show how much you love them. Your gifts to India will express the love that your words may fall short to describe.

Love is the most pure feeling or virtue of human beings. It makes the world beautiful by filling up the heart with unspoken emotions. Plato has rightly said, "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet."