Did you notice that as soon as the Christmas cards had vanished from the shelves that they were, almost overnight, replaced?
Of course, with all the winter festivities now out of the way it means that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.
In fact, it’s this Saturday!
Now a few people might roll their eyes at this event and grumble about how it’s just something that is a corporate creation. But the truth is that it originated as a liturgical day of celebration in honour of some early Christian martyrs.