Holidays (#10)

I read an article about how many people see valentine's gifts as how much you can spend or what you can get your loved one, not about what it really means to a person. The article was in perspective of a former jeweler who always hated the valentines day sales. Many people would come in and buy something just ordinary for their loved one, and really had no meaning to the person they were giving it too. Some would buy gold earings or even a small pearl necklace, which is an expensive gift nonetheless but nothing that they could have gotten from anyone else. Most people take the thought away from valentines day when they just buy something ordinary, the gifts that really count are the ones that the person has to think about and it may not be the most expensive thing in the store but it what the person puts into it that coutns the most. As a former jeweler, he says that the best gifts he ever sold were the ones that had a reason behind them, like something htat they have been talking baout or something that thier mother had. Valentine's Day is about being with your loved one and showing them how much you care, not how much you can spend on them.
Martin, Clancy. "The New York Times Log In." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 14 Feb. 2009. The new york times. 22 Feb. 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/opinion/14martin.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/opinion/14martin.html.