I'm handing out hershey's Kisses and Hugs to all the ladies. Hopefully I'll get some mad love.
And herein lies the commercialised cause of Valentine's day getting so out of hand.
Traditionally Valentine's Day is for you to express your love for your special someone, i.e. your Valentine. (so called after St. Valentine, the Patron Saint of Love.)
It seems nowadays that many people interpret
Valentine's Day as
Valentines Day, and while the difference is subtle, the effect is far reaching....
In the traditional case I mentioned above, one recipient is the lucky focus of your undying love.....
By missing the apostrophe from the holiday, it now implies that you should have many Valentines! Hence the situation we now see, where classrooms of children all give each other a Valentine's card, people give their parent Valentine's cards, etc., etc.
Ok, in the PC-gone-mad world we live in today this ensures nobody gets left out, right? Inclusion and all that junk.

And I'm not saying it's not a good idea to have undying love for your parents, but remember there's another "Hallmark" holiday for each of them too!
I read on MSN yesterday, that the average American male now spends $120 on Valentine's Day gifts and cards. But what amazed me most was how it breaks down, there wasn't one big slice of pie for 100% spent on wife/GF/partner/significant other etc, etc. but several slices! Parents, friends, pets (?

), children, siblings, colleagues and "others" each steal away parts of that spending, leaving "wife/GF/partner/significant other etc, etc." with only 60% of the proceeds!
Don't know about you, but if my Missus finds out I've been blowing cash on Valentine's Day gifts for "others" she'll be a little put out!
Oh well, that's my 2cents, my wife'll have a good day tomorrow!
And she'll be my one & only Valentine!
