Why we had a Valintines Day?
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to push all of those who don't have anybody to love into a deep endless abyss of tragic manic depression...
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I live in the former Soviet Union, and we have Monday and Tuesday off to celebrate the end of Great Patriotic War (WW II: Victory in Europe). But...we had to work Saturday to get Sun, Mon, Tues off.
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We are all here for a purpose...try looking at the good things in life, like the fact that woke up today. A lot of people go to sleep and never wake up. Sometimes bad things need to happen to us before we start appreciating life. It happened to me.
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It could also mean yesterday.
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don't worry about it and spend the day having fun and not worrying what people think....i like to spend the day with my friends and family and hope the special someone will come along..but don't try to hard and just let it surprise you when you least expect it...superchic
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Perhaps we find the weather so fascinating is because it's one of the few things we study that directly affects everyone, and it's another one of those things that we can't control. First of all, everyone is interested in weather because it'll affect their lives: what they do, how they dress, etc. If it rains the next day, plans may have to be canceled, or if it's sunny, plans can be made and added. Also, humans hate it when they can't control things, and we can't control weather. That's why we're constantly studying it so we can find patterns and stuff that'll help us feel more in control.
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lol, they werent born on holidays.  We named certain days after them and made them HOLIDAYS.
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At first I want to say that November 11th is the end of the first World War (1914-1918). As someone has already said, we do not celebrate this day like a national holiday. It is a day on which we silently remember the war, our responsibilty for this war and WWII and, which is the most important, we remember the cruelty and and insanity of wars and what can be done in order to prevent anything like WWI and WWII.
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WHY WAS IT CALLED D-DAY?\n\n“D” is derived from the word "Day". D-day is the unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence. (US Dept of Defence, Defence Technical Information Center)\n\nWHY IS D-DAY SO IMPORTANT?\n\nD Day was a fork in the road of history, a role of the dice which could have led the world down one of two paths - if it had failed Germany could have regrouped and secured its territory gains. Some claim Hitler, whose scientists were already demonstrating their achievements in rocketry, could have developed of the atom bomb. \n\nBesides the incredible courage, and brilliant strategy it was arguably only as a result of a combination of coincidences and mistakes that the Germans didn't succeed in resisting the landings. Never had world history had such a pivotal day (arguably the Cuban missile crisis deadline is comparable).\n\n- Rommel, the German commander, returned from his headquarters in Normandy to Germany for his wife's birthday on June 6th, removing the immediacy of a local army commander. He believed the weather conditions to be unsuitable for an invasion\n\n- Hitler, who succeeded early in the war by giving generals initiative, micro mangaged later in the war with-holding key tank forces that could have prevented the beach-head\n\n- Eisenhower needed very specific weather for the invasion - a late rising moon and a low tide. Meteorologistsof the day told Eisenhower these weather conditions would exist on June 5th, 6th, and 7th. Originally, Eisenhower chose June 5th as the invasion day, but due to an unexpected storm, he postponed it for 24 hours. Meteorologists then reported a new weather front that would cause some temporary clearing over the English Channel. The clearer weather conditions would last only until the morning of the 6th and then the weather would get worse. Rather than postpone the invasion, Eisenhower and his commanders decided to go through with the invasion on June 6th.\n\n- a double agent codenamed Garbo told his German coordinators at 3am on the night of June 6th that an invasion was occurring in Normandy, revealing the true invasion intentions. He knew they would be starting to receive reports corroborating this giving his intelligence great creditbility. Then after telling the truth he sold the German intelligence the really big lie - that the Allies were communicating to their forces that there was to be utter secrecy about 'other landings' (leading German intelligence to believe what they wanted to hear - that the Normandy invasion was a bluff and the real attack was in the pas de Calais) a bluff which succesfuly led to Hitler holding back his forces in the believe that the real landings were in Calias.\n\nThe outcome of D-Day was an early end to the war in both Europe and Japan. Had D-Day failed the allies would have needed to wait until 45 or 46 to reattempt the landings. \n\nThere is great debate as to whether if D-Day had failed Hitler could have used the extra time to develop the atom bomb. Some sides say he disputed this Jewish physics pioneered by Einstein, however he did develop heavy water facilities in Normandy. If D-Day had failed with the bomb he might have brokerered a peace securing his territory gains.\n\nIt must be pointed out that even if D-Day had failed the Russians would still have been likely to have succeeded and potentially secured a much larger amount of territory in Europe when peace was secured. Without D-Day the western allies would not have had control of France, Spain and England which might have fallen to communism and the Cold War would have been a very different story.\n\nImagine a world where Europe had been run by a brutal totalitarian state through the 40s and 50s. America would have become isolated. One can only speculate on the outcome but it would be hard not to imagine millions more dying and the implications affecting more than just those countries directly involved in the conflict.\n\nMa
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3 of my best friends are born on that day.It is really weird because we al ment on their b-day.
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I think I am just speculating but I think you would have almost everyday off since each country has different days of significance.  Like in India there is some holiday going on everyday.
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I think we celebrate Valentine's day because if you didn't show your love for that one special person every other day of the year, then February 14th is the day to do it.  Showing you love or like somebody, to me, is the best thing to get or give as a gift because at least you know that somebody is thinking about you.
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No.  It is a faux holiday designed to sell jewelry and greeting cards.  If we treat each other right every day we don't need a special day set aside to remind us to appreciate each other.
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Its fun. It helps to pass the time on a boring day like today.
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It is a day of celebrating the Green people of our country and their culture.  It is a day when we remember their struggles and how they overcame oppression, racisim, and discrimination.  It reminds us that we need to embrace people of all colors.  Green is beautiful baby!
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a day being together.
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It is a day to refrain from physical labor/work.\nIt is a day of communing with the Creator.\nIt is a day spent with family; encouraging & blessing them in front of the other family members. A day to 'recharge' onself & ones' family. To connect with loved ones.