环球视角 l 叮！你有一份情人节礼物请查收

昨天的朋友圈真的是甜甜蜜蜜，小K在这里祝福快乐过节的小伙伴们！在节日开始前，大家一直在问，情人节到了，要送女/男朋友什么好呢？这真是一个大问题。

什么？还没有男/女朋友。那也得好好把送礼小常识学起来啦，说不定马上就用上了呢！

小K知道，情人节这个对情侣来说很重要的节日其实对很多人来说也有着甜蜜的烦恼。

外国友人们对送礼这个问题也展开了激烈的讨论，看来这确实是一个国际性的问题，让我们跟着小K来看看他们对情人节礼物的想法吧！

“一份自制的爱”

情人节礼物的挑选，网友Ankita Pant已经有了自己的想法。她认为情人节礼物不局限于买东西，也可以用爱自制。

Valentine's Day is special for the ones that celebrate the day. I know there shouldn’t be any specific day to celebrate love as we must do it 365 days of the year. The lazy ones that they forget to celebrate love should mandatory observe this day whether you are single or married or even not interested. Valentine Day is not for only lovers and couples. Don’t you appreciate your friends and family who continuously support you the entire year without uttering a word about how much they love you? It’s the day where you say I Love You even without actually saying it.

情人节对于那些庆祝这一天的人来说是特别的。我知道不应该有专门的日子来庆祝爱情，因为我们必须一年365天这样做。那些忘记庆祝爱情的懒人应该强制庆祝这一天，不管你是单身还是已婚，甚至对这一天不感兴趣。情人节不仅仅是情侣们的节日。难道你不感激你的朋友和家人，他们一整年都在支持你，却没有说一句有多爱你的话吗?今天是你说“我爱你”的日子，即使你没说出口。

Here’s my bit in suggesting the best valentine's day gift for your loved ones.

1. Handwritten letter: Old school love is never outdated. A handwritten letter to your loved ones can be overwhelming as it will be unexpected and filled with your love and emotions. You can express all that has been difficult to say in words to them,

2. Cooking their favourite dish: This can be a wonderful gift, if your person is a foodie, instead of buying them hamper, make your own delicacy and present it as a gift to them. They will just love it.

3. Books- If your person is a bookworm, check their list of books to be read and buy them and wrap it up and surprise.

4. Favourite playlist: You can collect and arrange their all favourite songs, most played song in loops or top played songs. Add them to a music player and keep the first song as birthday one, whenever they will listen, it will surely bring a smile on their face.

下面是我为你所爱的人推荐的最好的情人节礼物。

1. 手写书信:老派的爱情永远不会过时。一封手写的给你爱的人的信可能会让你不知所措，因为它会出乎意料，充满了你的爱和情感。你可以向他们表达所有难以用言语表达的东西，

2. 做他们最喜欢的菜:这是一个很棒的礼物，如果你的人是美食家，与其给他们买满篮的食物，不如自己做一份美味佳肴，作为礼物送给他们。他们会喜欢的。

3. 书——如果你的爱人是个书虫，检查一下他/她的书单，然后把书买下来，包装好，给他/她一个惊喜。

4. 最喜欢的播放列表:你可以收集和安排他们所有最喜欢的歌曲，在循环中播放最多的歌曲或播放最多的歌曲。把他们加到音乐播放器里，把第一首歌当作生日歌曲，无论他们什么时候听，一定会让他们的脸上露出笑容。

“用每一天表达爱”

小K在几年前对情人节也很陌生，我们中国人习惯于过七夕节，对于其他国家的人，是否会有这种感觉呢？

网友Peter T Mayer向我们讲述了他自己的故事。

When I moved to the US as a European person back in 1999, this Valentine’s Day thing looked very new and strangely odd to me.

It looked and felt kind of forced and I felt some couples had the unnecessary preassure to satisfy their partners according to a social norm that was originally created by a person, or worse by a business.

I believed that love is not a one day out of the year thing but a sort of 365 day celebration where you show your love every single day by your actions.

After living in the US for a long time now I’ve got accustomed to it and I do celebrate it but I try to keep it simple, honest and personalized without any preassure.

当我在1999年作为一个欧洲人搬到美国的时候，这个情人节的事情对我来说是非常新鲜和奇怪的。

这看起来和感觉上都是一种强迫，我觉得有些夫妇有不必要的先决条件来满足他们的伴侣，这是一种社会规范，最初是由一个人，或者更糟的是由企业创造的。

我相信爱不是一年中的一天，而是365天的庆祝，你每一天都用你的行动来表达你的爱。

在美国生活了很长一段时间后，我已经习惯了这种生活，我也会庆祝它，但我会试着保持它的简单、诚实和个性化，没有任何预设。

I always try to buy some personal gift to my loved ones, in this case my wife that has some meaning behind it or that has some story behind it that ties my wife and I together.

To me a piece of commercially available jewelry does not serve this purpose, neither does a stuffed animal that says “I love you” and shoved on a store shelf.

我总是试着给我爱的人买一些私人礼物，在这种情况下，我的妻子有一些意义，或者有一些故事将我和我的妻子联系在一起。

对我来说，一件可以买到的珠宝和一件被放在商店货架上写着“我爱你”的毛绒玩具都没有这个作用。

“实用的也许是一个不错的选择”

面对节日，我们可能会收到各种各样的礼物，有一些十分实际，有一些却只能做摆设。大家更喜欢哪一种礼物呢？

网友Elizabeth Evans向我们展现了她对于礼物的想法。

Of course all men are different and each person has his own interests and preferences. But in general men are less romantic persons than women, so I suppose that they prefer to get some practical gifts (the things they need) or at least smth “for men” per their opinion.

If your loved one is not very romantic and sentimental I would say that some nice beer baskets would work. You can find something special (for example some expensive brands for beer which he most probably won’t buy for himself with no special occasion) or just build your own basket according to his prefernces. To make it more special you can order the delivery service to his work address to brighten his day and then cook a delicious dinner at home to spend a nice evening together. I find such option both appropriate for your man and romantic for St. Valentine’s Day at the same time.

当然，所有的男人都是不同的，每个人都有自己的兴趣和偏好。但总的来说，男人没有女人那么浪漫，所以我想他们更喜欢买一些实用的礼物(他们需要的东西)，或者至少是一些他们认为“给男人的”礼物。

如果你爱的人不是很浪漫和多愁善感，我会说一些不错的啤酒篮就可以了。你可以找到一些特别的东西(例如一些昂贵的品牌啤酒，没有特殊场合他很可能不会买给自己)，或者根据他的喜好建立你自己的篮子。更特别的是，你可以预定送货服务到他的工作地址，让他的一天充满阳光，然后在家做一顿美味的晚餐，一起度过一个美好的夜晚。我发现这样的选择既适合你的男人，又适合情人节的浪漫。

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