Monday, February 10, 2025

Hyvää Ystävänpäivää!

Greetings all!

What do you associate with a traditional Valentine’s Day? Do you think of chocolate, roses, grand gestures, and candle-lit dinners? Or do you feel like one of my friends, who emphatically told me the other day, “Valentine’s Day is stupid”?

Well, if you lived in Finland - do I have any Finnish readers today?! – you would definitely be celebrating something on February 14! However, instead of romance - or in addition to romance - you would be celebrating friendship!

Ystävänpäivä is translated as Friend’s Day, and I doubt anyone can object to showing love and appreciation for one’s friends.

So Hyvää Ystävänpäivää to all of my friends around the globe: I love and appreciate you - today and every day!

Source and image: https://www.gofinland.org/how-finland-celebrates-valentines-day-friendship-over-romance/

1 comment:

  1. Hyvää Ystävänpäivää to you as well :)

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