Well, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day — a day we don’t celebrate, at least not on Valentine’s Day. In fact, we’ve already celebrated “Valentine’s Day” for this year….. some years we’re early and some years we’re late.
But today is also a special day that we don’t celebrate. Today is Ganentine’s Day — a day that I didn’t even know existed until recently. I really don’t remember ever watching the television show “Parks and Recreation,” but supposedly Galentine’s Day was created by that TV show, specifically by a fictional character on that show, Leslie Knope.
Apparently during the show’s second season (in 2010) an episode aired called “Galentine’s Day.” In that episode, the fictional character Leslie gathered a group of her gal pals for a brunch of waffles and love. According to Leslie, “Every February 13, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home and we just come and kick it, breakfast style, ladies celebrating ladies.”
I guess this was enough for everyone to add it to their calendars and it’s now become a widely recognized fake holiday.
I looked it up and according to the Urban Dictionary, Galentine’s Day is celebrated on February 13, the day before Valentine’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate the love you have for your lady friends, whether they’re single or not, and shower them with love and attention… more than you do every other day.
Some people claim that the day is not meant only for women, claiming that at the end of the day, Galentine’s Day is a celebration of friendship and the people who stick with each other even as romantic relationships come and go, so it can be celebrated by anybody.
That may be true, but being “old school” it sounds kind of “girly” to me — I think I’ll just stick to Valentine’s Day, whenever we celebrate it….
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