For me, February 14 is Bálint Balassi's name day. But what do they want to force on me when they romanticize our Bálint? Something I have nothing to do with, but it's not really what they're wrapping this day into either.

He's here, he's come... no, not Orszávúton , not even Bagaméri, who measures his ice cream himself, but the killer Valentin. The one who slaughters Bálint.

We have a Végvár warrior who wielded the pen at least as well as the saber. He is the Bálin Balassi, who formulated pure ideals and patriotic thoughts in his poetry, fought heroically against the Turks, while everything about his private life can be said rather than that it was organized. But he is brave on the battlefield, a pioneer in literature, the first great individual of Hungarian language poetry.

For me, February 14 is Bálint Balassi's name day. But what do they want to force on me when they romanticize our Bálint? Something that I have nothing to do with, but it's not really what they wrap this day in either, at least we don't have it.

What do they say about Valentine's Day?

Well, first of all, it's the day of lovers, who therefore have the duty to buy all kinds of expensive things.

However, being in love is less than being commercially profitable, and the lovers are usually young people who are probably not very financially strapped. So they put simple love next to love, because those who love should feel embarrassed if they don't give gifts. Let's say a basket with flowers, for "only" so many forints. Or some good, expensive chocolate, jewelry, bazaar monkey.

Because Valentine's Day is nothing more than a business imported from the USA.

We have nothing to do with this custom in Amcs, but trade interested in profit made it happen. One "holiday" more, an order of magnitude more income.

In fact, it's more, because the advertisement runs a week before February 14th, they push more unnecessary offers into our picture, so that we don't forget to pay the love tax at their cash registers.

Our family doesn't have Valentine's Day, or if you like, it's 365 days a year. Love is not one-time, it permeates our every day. Christmas is not a holiday of love, but the day of the Savior's birth, and they try to convert us to the economic (for them) obligation of gift-giving. Of course, I also like to give gifts, it's a great feeling to bring joy to others, and heck, Christmas has become just such an occasion. But at least it's a European holiday. And then there are name days, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, that's more than enough.

We don't deal with Valentine.

Unfortunately, it is a fact that what spreads in the USA will sooner or later spread here as well. We did the same with Halloween, which is a completely foreign custom. We remember our dead, we don't reduce this day to carnival antics, we don't run around collecting sugar. The loss of our loved ones is not a celebration for us. Today. But I fear that it will be distorted into that, because it is also a business. Renting costumes costs money, buying lots and lots of candy is just as much business. For the one who rents out costumes and also for the one who sells sweets. Even today, the shops offer eyeball candy and skeleton chocolate, what will happen next?

With this power, we could take over Thanksgiving, along with the turkey dinners (roast turkey is delicious, but it doesn't need to be an American holiday). We don't have anything to do with that either, only the Amchis, who in this case, in a very deceitful way, do not think of the slaughtered Indians, but instead spread a false but idyllic tale about the understanding native who treats his enemies with a turkey.

Of course, there is another twist in that holiday, a truly pharisaical moment when the president pardons a fowl ready for slaughter. If they didn't give it to the Indians.

We could also take over Independence Day, but why? We have two of them, March 15, 1848 and October 23, 1956. Granted, none of it was a big deal, but we're still proud of it.

Valentine's Day - if you think of Balassi - yes, you can't be proud of Valentine's Day, you can only pay. Not the same. On the other hand, as this business with Anglo-Saxon roots is getting more and more hype every year, the time will surely come when Valentine's Day lasts for a whole month, and it is even conceivable that it will eventually extend to 365 days.

And Bálint is slowly being cut off by Valentin.