Valentine’s Day is a holiday people like to celebrate honoring love. It does not have to be celebrating with a significant other, it can also be celebrating the love you share with your friends and family. On February 13, the day before Valentine’s Day, the girls like to spend Valentine’s together and call it “Galentine’s.”
Galentines is designated to celebrate friendship and love in one’s life and a day women can get together with their best girls! There has been an increase in women spending Galentine’s Day together. In fact, if you search “#Galentine’sDay” on social media, you will find over half a million posts of women celebrating their Galentine’s Day together.
Galentine’s is a woman-made holiday. According to “Theweek.com,” you can thank actress Amy Poehler for this holiday. Amy Poehler is an actress who played Leslie Knope in an old comedy show called “Parks and Recreation.” Season 2, episode 16 was titled “Galentine’s Day.” In this episode, Leslie and her girls celebrated Valentine’s Day at their local diner together, calling it “Galentine’s Day.”
Celebrating Galentine’s can be with anyone you love! Every girl needs time with their best friends, and having a Galentine is one of the best ways to do it. You can use this day as an escape from everything for a day with friends! This day is meant to be fun and exciting for you and your girls. Planning your Galentine can be whatever you and your friends want to do to hang out.
Some Galentine’s Day ideas can be simple, or you can go all out! This depends on what you and your friends like to do, and how you would like to express your love for each other. When we see posts on social media, you will find girls wearing pink and red so all of the girls’ outfits are coordinated with Valentine’s Day. You will also see all the pink and red Valentine’s Day snacks and candies. You might even see some Valentine’s Day games they planned. Your plans can vary from anything! You can go all out, or keep it simple, both are memories that you are making with your friends.
It is getting pretty close to Galentine’s, so you should start planning your day with your friends! Galentines is perfect to have a day where nothing else but your friendship matters. It is a day to let go of everything, and just have a good time with your friends.
This year Galentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday, but you can celebrate it any day and any way you want, like the weekend! Some things you can do with your girls this Galentine’s day are you could have a meal, decorate cookies, make a cake, listen to music, go shopping, play card games, karaoke, watch a movie, or do anything that seems fun for you and your friends.
Senior, Kelcee Fowler, had a Galentine’s Day party this year where she said, “I had a Galentine’s Day party where my friends and I were able to have a good time and get away from our boyfriends for a day.” You should definitely take Galentine’s Day into consideration from now on. I am sure you’ll have the best time!
