Believe it or not we are quickly approaching another American tradition that we celebrate in earnest - Valentine’s Day.

Yes, Valentine’s Day 2011 will be here before you know it and to prove it Proflowers and other online florist are already promoting Valentine’s Day Flowers and gifts. We are still several weeks away from Valentine’s Day but online retailers are making sure they are ready for the early shoppers.

If you venture online you’ll start to see the tell-tale signs of Valentine’s Day with deep colors of red and fancy shape hearts symbolizing love.

Why the need to get consumers thinking about Valentines Day already? Well just like their are last minute shoppers their are early shoppers kind of like the Black Friday shoppers or Cyber Monday shoppers. The early bird gets the early worm! 

So if you are planning on making someone your Valentine this year here are 5 Good Reasons to Buy your Valentine’s Day gift early:

1. Limited Supply - You can pre-order your Valentine’s Day gift or flowers before they sell-out. Often popular Valentine’s day gift are in limited supply so order early.
2. Change of Heart - If you order early and change your mind you still have time get a refund and buy something else you see thats better.
3. Price Hikes – Lock in your purchase price before florist start to hike their prices on roses plus get pre valentines flower delivery discounts and coupon codes.
4. Budgeting  - Early shopping gives you an idea of what’s out there and how much you will need to spend. For instance you can plan for those whopping Six Foot Rose Bouquets. They retail for about $239.99.
5. Peace of Mind - Have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve pre ordered and have everything arranged for your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day.  

Valentine’s Day falls on a Monday this year so flower and gift delivery shouldn’t be a problem since most florist and gift stores will be open. But getting a jump start on what usually is a fun and exciting event can save you a lot of time and money.

Roses are a very popular flower for celebrating Valentines Day. It’s a given that if you are going to give flowers, the choice you can not go wrong with are roses. Pick your size, color, vase shape, long stem or short stem, roses have and always will be the flowers for Valentine’s Day.

In recent years we’ve seen some unique escapes from the usuall rose with the genetically altered types including the rainbow rose and also the blue rose.  But don’t expect to find them at your local florist or at one of the online florists any time soon. These types of roses aren’t mass produced yet and will likely come at a hefty price if you can find them.

Yet if uniqueness is your aim you can still find some unique roses for Valetine’s Day  and do it organically – no mad scientist needed.

Introducing the Worlds Tallest Roses. These spectacular roses which measure as high as 5-6 feet in height are grown on an Ecuadorian farm nestled between two volcanoes at more than 9,600 feet. These amazing red roses grow naturally tall in their native soil – no genetic alteration involved. The roses reach their height due to days of prolonged sunlight and cool nights which allows them to flourish beyond expectation.

What’s even more incredible about these elegant roses, is each stem boasts a large head which opens to an astonishing 3-4 inches in diameter, creating a sea of lush red rose petals that stay fresher longer.  Now that’s a rose!

These roses are found at OrganicBouquet.comthe premier organic florist online offering eco-friendly bouquets and gifts. In addition to getting flowers that are probably taller than you,  Organic Bouquet will give you a free pair of professional shears to help care for your roses.

Check them out for yourself if you are looking for something unique this year for Valentine’s Day!

Okay so Feb 14 is the day we get all mushy and romantic with our significant others or those who we want to be our significant others. I certainly don’t have a problem with Valentine’s Day.  After all it’s only one day.

Yet some are so cynical and cerebral that they only see Valentine’s Day as a consumer feast by big and small business. But how is it so different from any other Holiday we celibrate in the USA. Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day on and on and on.

The haters of Valentine’s Day are primarily jealous because they are single – okay maybe they aren’t jealous but there has to be some form of resentment! Apparently this is very serious and some have gone to the extreme of putting up anti valetines day websites and blogs to express their resentment. One blogger made some anti-valentines day cupcakes.

Big business has even jumped on the bandwagon and carve out a new niche market to cater to the haters. Check out Blue Moutains anti valentines day e-cards.  What other holiday gets so much flack? One site even bosted of throwing a anti-valentines day party. An anti love celebration.

But it’s not just the single people who are coming out against Valentine’s Day.  Nationally syndicated columnist and  CNN Contributor Roland Martin just wrote an op-ed “Commentary: Don’t be my Valentine”  listing his displeasure with Valentine’s Day.  Although happily married Martin still sees Feb 14 not as a day to celebrate love and romance but a day retailers have encourgaed and  just so we can spend more money between Christmas and Easter. 

There might be some truth to that.  But everything is comercialized in our culture and we have to spend money on something. Have you ever just said Happy brithday to your mother, or father without giving them at least a birthday card. You don’t dear go empty handed. It’s the way it is!  

Do you agree!