Single´s Day

February is the month of love: flowers, chocolate, hearts and teddy bears. We all know about Saint Valentine’s Day and we talked about where it comes from a few weeks ago in this same blog. But … what about single´s day? 

When is Single´s Day?
This tradition is a really new tradition and, unlike Saint Valentine´s it is not attached to a Saint or a Name. Also, believe it or not… IT´S CELEBRATED MORE THAN ONE DAY! These things happen when we invent new traditions.
The main 4 dates when Single´s day is celebrated are February 13th, February 15th, March 11th and Novembre 11th, and to talk about that we need to talk about Single´s Day Origins.

When and how did Single´s Day start? 
As we said before there are more than 1 Single´s day, actually one of them is called Singles Awareness Day, which initials spell SAD (no pun intended). 

In 2001, an American high school boy decided to celebrate with his friends the day after Saint Valentines, February 15th. The main purpose was to don’t be sad because they had no date the day before, but also to be able to buy candy and love related item with a huge discount. This new tradition was carried to college, and since 2005 it was copyrighted. Nowadays still being celebrated as a day of love, friendship and partying just not with your soulmate but with your friends, family and even by yourself. 

In some other countries, they decided to change the name of the celebration because the initials spell SAD and called it National Singles Day. Some of these countries decided to celebrate it on March 11th. The reason for this date, unknows. But we believe probably has commercial connotations, also the 11 is known as the singles day, and we are going to tell you more about it now.

In China, the 1 represents singularity (an in many other countries and cultures). Back around 1993, students from Nanjing University decided to create “Batchelor’s Day”, in order to get out of their monotony. This fun little new thing spread, not just on their college, but in other colleges, cities and even country. When it became really big the name was changes to include everyone. The original tradition was created by 4 single guys in their dorm, so everything fit together. 4 singles guys (1 1 1 1) November (the 11th month) so they decided that the 11th of November was a great date so celebrate the 1, therefore Singles.
After that, giant internet shopping companies on the internet decided to make great deals on November 11th, transforming this in another commercial day
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And of course, in Spain, we are different. We celebrate Single´s day on February 13th. There is not an official origin for this tradition in Spain. But the most common story is that is celebrated on the 13th with the purpose of meeting someone to spend Saint Valentine’s Day with… its sounds possible to me.
So, if you are in Spain this next week and need to exchange your currencies into euros to treat yourself, your friends or to celebrate with others this Single´s Day, make sure you come to one of our Eurochange offices, we have amazing exchange rates, and the best customer service. Also, if you decide to take a trip with your loved one to celebrate Saint Valentine´s Day, you can exchange your euros into any currency, just call us or go online and make your reservation.
From us at Eurochange: Happy Single´s and Happy Valentine´s Day everyone!