{"id":6823,"date":"2013-02-13T11:58:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=6823"},"modified":"2016-05-05T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:12:35","slug":"valentines-day-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/valentines-day-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"How We&#8217;ll Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia, 2013 Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia? Simply put, we don&#8217;t. Sure, restaurants will see increased traffic and <a title=\"El D\u00eda de Amor y Amistad: Colombian Flowers from our Florist Friends, Kharisma Floral\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/09\/what-to-buy-your-lover-for-el-dia-de-amor-y-amistad-colombian-flowers-from-our-florist-friends-kharisma-floral\/\">florists in Colombia<\/a>\u00a0will sell more flowers, but generally\u00a0it&#8217;s all a rather subdued affair.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty normal for Latin Americans to change the name of Valentine&#8217;s Day to Amor y Amistad, but Colombia is the only country here as far as we know that has decided to move the date all the way to September.<\/p>\n<p>So why is that? Why is it that Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia is barely celebrated (of course, the commercialisation of the day has still touched these shores, especially in more affluent areas) and Amor y Amistad is in September? <em><strong>Any answers, oh dear public?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And how will you be celebrating (or not)?<\/p>\n<h4>Check out our previous Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia posts:<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Our Colombia Travel Blog Valentines post: Colombia, Love and Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/02\/our-colombia-travel-blog-valentines-post-colombia-love-and-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">OUR COLOMBIA TRAVEL BLOG VALENTINES POST: COLOMBIA, LOVE AND TRAVEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Valentine\u2019s Day in Colombia: El Dia del Amor y la Amistad\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/01\/valentines-day-in-colombia-el-dia-del-amor-y-la-amistad\/\" target=\"_blank\">VALENTINE\u2019S DAY IN COLOMBIA: EL DIA DEL AMOR Y LA AMISTAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Featured image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kharismafloral.net\" target=\"_blank\">Kharisma Floral<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia? 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It&#8217;s pretty normal for Latin Americans to change the name of Valentine&#8217;s Day to Amor y Amistad, but Colombia is the only country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[115,66],"tags":[58,142,2888,2886],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.4 (Yoast SEO v18.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How We&#039;ll Celebrate Valentine&#039;s Day in Colombia, 2013 Style - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/valentines-day-in-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How We&#039;ll Celebrate Valentine&#039;s Day in Colombia, 2013 Style\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How do we celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day in Colombia? 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