{"id":559,"date":"2014-02-12T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlecharbinger.wordpress.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2014-02-12T00:19:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T00:19:20","slug":"why-valentines-day-is-great-by-maria-vasquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mlecharbinger.org\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Why Valentine’s Day is Great by Maria Vasquez"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For those who despise, can\u2019t stand, and question the celebration of Valentines Day, I propose a challenge: Look at the holiday from a different perspective.<\/p>\n

Everyone expects Valentines Day to be all about couples and romance, chocolates and flowers, love and heartache, but there\u2019s more to it.<\/p>\n

Valentines Day is, in fact, good for the heart. The love, the chocolate, and the wine help blood flow. (Now, don\u2019t replace regular exercise with wine and chocolate, but everything in moderation is okay.)<\/p>\n

According to the University of Texas, any type of relationship (i.e. family, friends, marriage) can lower chances of disease, reduce stress, and lengthen life. Dark chocolate has antioxidants that reduce bad cholesterol. Wine has a thinning effect on blood and it\u2019s effective when it comes to stroke and heart disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best thing about Valentines Day is that a few days after you can go to any supermarket and buy chocolates for over 70% off,\u201d said Sebastian Salas, a \u201csingle and ready to mingle\u201d sophomore.<\/p>\n

Of course, many people see chocolate and drinks as the only benefit of Valentines Day but what about the \u201clovey dovey\u201d stuff? Is it really only meant for couples?<\/p>\n

Etymonline.com says that a Valentine is a \u201csweetheart chosen on St. Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d That goes to say that anyone can be a Valentine. It\u2019s a day where love can be shown boundlessly without question. Write a letter to a crush.\u00a0 Give flowers to a best friend. Hug and kiss family. Whatever the method is doesn\u2019t matter as long as it\u2019s showing love. After all, that\u2019s what Valentine\u2019s Day is about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those who despise, can\u2019t stand, and question the celebration of Valentines Day, I propose a challenge: Look at the holiday from a different perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[2449],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-features","tag-maria-vasquez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t