You might say it's all rampant commercialism but when you're in Kindergarten and every kid in your class has either written you a card or given you a gift - chocolates bound in pipe cleaners to look like bejewelled rings or heart-shaped tattoos or simple sweetheart candies - all contained in your own heart-decorated bag and you've made a crown and all the older kids have chalked the entrance to school with love hearts... You can't help but smile when you finally sit down at home for a little taste of everything (some vile!), with the prospect of the neighbours' boys joining you for the feast.
Parental input included tracing out 20 bags of assorted heart shapes for the class and commenting (not an editor's pick) on this BBC news story...
Cupid's algorithm c/o BBC News
