How many people believe Valentine's Day is just a ploy by Hallmark?

While it's true that Hallmark uses Valentine just like any other special occasion days such as Birthday's , Graduation Day and Christmas to get people to spend money, I think it's unfair to go as far as to call it a ploy by Hallmark. Onced you call it a ploy, we might as well call all the florist who sells flowers on this special occassions, ploy-makers too. From my viewpoint, they are just earning a living and aren't actually forcing us to buy cards from them if we can't afford it. As far as I see it, as people grow in affluence and spending power, naturally they would like to get something that would reflect it. Hallmark , for many represents the best there is in the gift department. There's all to it.

yes friend.it is true that they make lot of money on this day.it is all about spending.gift shops here are crowded with people.especially archies looks like an exibition hall on the particular day.even it is the same on newyear but it is much lower to what it used to be because now people use e-cards.

Oh, don't even get me started! Not only is this day the most awful made-up holiday and sorry excuse for a Hallmark holiday, it's also just a day set aside to point out to those of us who are alone that we are indeed alone and then proceed to rub it in our faces and make us feel worse. This day needs to NOT exist and better yet, it needs to have never existed in history! I cannot tell you how much I completely LOATHE this awful day.

Hey there I would say that Valentine's Day has been around a little longer than Hallmark. :) I use Valentine's Day to make up for the times throughout the year that I should have done something special. But Hallmark doesn't make any money on us.

Valentine's Day is named after two men who were both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The name became associated with romantic love in the Middle Ages when the tradition of courtly love flourished. The High Court Love was established in Paris on Valentine's Day 1400. The court dealth with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women and the judges were selected by women on the basis of poetry reading (That should explain why Valentine's card contents sound mushy). Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is the traditional day on which, lovers express their love by giving gifts, cards, chocolates, flowers and just about anything one can think of. In the US, Valentine's Day is tagged as "Hallmark Day" because it is the second largest card-sending holiday next to Christmas and Hallmark is one of the largest companies who really sell well on these days. An estimate of of about one billion people go out and buy cards for their loved ones on Valentine's Day. If I were somebody who runs a greeting card business, I sure would push to create, market and sell cards based on holidays where people would definitely go out and buy. Hallmark just happens to be one greeting card company who market their products very well. I personally think that Valentine's Day is nothing more than an occasion where we get that "special attention", nice gifts, excellent treatment from our loved ones. Wouldn't it be nice if everyday is the same as "Valentine's Day"?

I think it is a sad day. I dont want candy and flowers 1 day a year when the calander reminds you I'm supposed to be special. I want suprises often, throughout the year, so I know you can think of something all by yourself. While I dont belive the card companies "invented" any specific holidays. HMMMMM Maybe with the exception of silly ones like Mother-In-Law day...secerataries day...best friend day..and so on. They sure do make hefty profits. Isnt Christmas alone like 50% of most retailers profits for the year? Amazing how much money we'll spend in our busy lives to "prove" we care, when what most of us want is a hug and smile from someone special.

when I was young and newly in love I loved valentines day , but now I know that it takes more than one special day to make you happy , every one of my days with my hubby are special days xx

I don't know if Hallmark was around when Valentines day began, but it sure does seem they and the jewelers really do benefit from it doesn't. I am pretty darn sure card makers came up with mother's days and possibly Tie makers came up with father's day, LOL. We have a tradition on all three of those holidays to create out gifts for each other. Instead of spending money we really don't have, we just hand make it from the heart. We enjoy it so much more that way.

of coure, it is! just like the christmas season.actually, a marketing strategy which the capitalist have made use of events to increase sales but somehow part of it is really to commemorate a loving relationship with someone you love whether romantic or not. i really do not know who st.valentine was or was there?what i know is that of st. francis of assisi that's why we celebrate a day of loving.he is like the mother of theresa whom we know of .

LOL i guess you are right but in todays day and age are people even still buying greeting cards? its so easy to create and print your own or to send an ecard these days that im sure business has dropped quite a bit for businesses like hallmark over the past few years