St.=Saint圣.Valentine's Day 縮寫為V-day
白色情人節(jié)White Day是日本人發(fā)明的英語,只有日本韓國中國過這個節(jié).沒有啥縮寫.
也不是啥民間傳說,不過是1978年日本糖果制造業(yè)為了讓男人送禮物給女人,發(fā)明了這個節(jié)日,先是送白色軟糖,后來是白巧克力.
White Day was first celebrated in 1978 in Japan. It was started by the National Confectionery Industry Association (全國飴菓子工業(yè)協(xié)同組合) as an "answer day" to Valentine's Day on the grounds that men should pay back the women who gave them chocolate and other gifts on Valentine's Day. In 1977 a Fukuoka-shi confectionery company, Ishimura Manseido (石村萬盛堂), had marketed marshmallows to men on March 14, calling it Marshmallow Day (マシュマロデー).[3]
Soon thereafter, confectionery companies began marketing white chocolate. Now, men give both white and dark chocolate, as well as other edible and non-edible gifts, such as jewelry or objects of sentimental value, or white clothing like lingerie, to women from whom they received chocolate on Valentine's Day one month earlier. If the chocolate given to her was giri choco, the man as well may not be expressing actual romantic interest, but rather a social obligation.