Hey there
Thanks for all the suggestions. i would love to send myself in a box and im sure he would be thrilled to open it too but ...hmm unfortunately not this year as I jsut came back from turkey.

I am trying to look online for sites in Turkey, specifically antalya but doesnt really matter so much. Does anyone have any site suggestions. I found boyner.com but not sure I foudn something i like yet

thanks

Also ...does anyone know any card sites for valentines day but in turkish?>>>>>

http://www.turkish-media.com/postcard/kart/index.php?cat=Sevgililer_Gunu&lang=
Here is the link you can choose e-cards for Valentine's Day(in turkish).
http://cards.mail.ru/newcards.html -- in russian.

I want to share this with you.Maybe many of you know this but anyway.This is my gift to you on Valentine's Day.

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Valentine's Story

Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.

One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."

I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
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Valentine Traditions

Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:

Good morning to you, valentine;
Curl your locks as I do mine---
Two before and three behind.
Good morning to you, valentine.

In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.

Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

A love seat is a wide chair. It was first made to seat one woman and her wide dress. Later, the love seat or courting seat had two sections, often in an S-shape. In this way, a couple could sit together -- but not too closely!

Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.

Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have.

If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have.

Happy Valentine's Day, my dear classmates!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

Thank You Bliss for your post,

Mella

"I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship."

The point of Valentine's Day is "Love and Friendship".
You are right Mltm.
Religion doesn't matter.

I'm not too fond of Valentine's Day myself, but that's probably because in Holland it has become VERY commercial. In every shop you find silly cheap teddybears with hearts saying 'I love you'. It's like giving such a teddybear has made it unneccesary to show your affection daily, here in Holland. From many girls i hear that they have a great day with Valentine's Day, but that their men are not so loving and caring during other days. So because of that i am not too fond of it myself. A lover needs no day to show love But i must say, i do like it more since the Turkish name Also because i found AMAZING love-chocolats in one of the shops here

At my school we can send roses to our friends in the week before valentine. You buy a card, write something on it, plus their name and class.. and they order it to them. I use them to let me friends know i love them. Therefore i like flowers most as a valentine's gift: they are not commercial, but just beautiful and pure the way they are.

I really don't see why you can't send a man flowers for Valentines'Day I think especially over distance, this is a wonderful present!

everyday is bairam for insane

anyway im agains giving a day for everything...so wers our day for ourselves???heheh...so everyday is valentine everyday is bairam..everyday is festival...
everyday u can give presents ..everyday u can kiss her..everyday u can make a surprise...all days r urs..have fun..

Well said, Ramayan.. very well!! Don't we have a TurkishClass day

But i still wish everybody a Happy Valentine and may you find the present that you want to give

..I bought a CTR band ring for my bebe with my name engraved on it, I did a handmade Valentine card for him, wrote him poems and love notes and I also have three separate letters with captions in each envelopes that says:
..this is I..
..this is LOVE..
..this is YOU..
(I'm sending it one of these days)..
I got his gift last Tuesday but I am not opening it yet even I am too excited to do that..


Sevgililer günün kutlu olsun!!!
(yay..a greeting in advance my dear classmates..)

I LOVE Y'ALL PEOPLE!!!