Valentine’s Day

Hello everyone,

As I sit here watching yet another Hallmark Channel movie, I got to thinking that there is one interesting tradition Americans tend to have that we didn’t in Brazil.  In the US people tend to dress with the colors of the holiday. I started thinking about this because on the movie the girls are shopping for special red dresses for their dates on Valentine’s Day.  At Christmas time, red is around again and some green to go with it. Every store you go to you see the prominent colors of the holiday of that specific season.

Easter time is the pastel color time, St. Patrick’s day is green all around, 4th of July is red and blue, Halloween is orange and black everywhere and Thanksgiving is the well known fall colors, orange, browns, and dark greens. It is always so interesting to see people dressing according to the season, I never saw that growing up. In Brazil we did not dress according to holidays. Also, because our seasons are opposite of here, Easter would not really be pastel colors and more like fall colors. Christmas is so hot that I think we only worried about wearing comfortable, light weight clothes. The only holiday we wear a special color is New Year’s Eve because of the superstitions surrounding it. That night most people wear white.

With all that being said, I have to say that I see the appeal, and I do like seeing everyone in reds and pinks. So, if you have a special date this Valentine’s Day, look through your closet for that perfect red or pink outfit. Also, what I have done in the past was wear black and use a cute red or pink scarf. This way your pop of color goes with the holiday theme.  I don’t own a lot of red clothes (even though it was my grandma’s favorite color), so the scarves work, I even have some that have red and pink.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Thank you for reading,

Juliana