Love is in the air. Today is  Valentine’s Day rapidly and couples spend their days planning elaborate gifts and dates, but many people find themselves spending the holiday alone. However there are many activities and other holidays to celebrate on your own. 

If people want to stick to celebrating Valentine’s day on the 14th, spending the day loving and appreciating your friends is a common solution. Approximately, every two in ten people will spend Valentine’s Day with friends. Buying small gifts or writing a thoughtful note not only brightens the recipient’s day, the gifter often experiences a boost in serotonin.

Feb. 14th is home to many other national holidays including National Cream-Filled Chocolate day which is inspired by the cheap Valentine’s gift. Many people choose to disregard the flavor listing on the chocolate box and randomly select, and guess, the assortment of odd flavors. The days following Valentine’s, stores typically discount the seasonal candies meaning one can pay this chocolate-themed roulette at an even lower price. 

It is also National Book Giving Day. Many schools and libraries run book drives on this day which allows for people to give their gently used books a new life. Similarly, gifting books to friends and family members allows for more people to fall in love with reading the same stories you once did. 

This year, President’s Day is the following Monday. This federal holiday means that students and some companies get to take a long weekend. This gives a well deserved break to many following the romantically stressful holiday and allows time to spend with family and friends. 

No matter if you are single or in a relationship and simply do not like the trivialities of Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th, and the days following, have many other events to celebrate either alone or with friends and family.