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Valentine's
Day is on
February 14, 2009.
Package Description & Pricing...
Enjoy two
evenings in
the elegant Loft Suite,
or the
spacious Garden Suite both
with wonderful forest views.
- A
chilled bottle of bubbly and scrumptious Swiss chocolates await your
arrival.
- Year-round Therapeutic Hot
Tub.
- Wake up in the morning to a delightful
four-course
breakfast.
- A $50 dinner-for-two
Gift Certificate at an excellent local restaurant is included.
Loft Suite:
Low Season Rate ( Nov. 1 to June 30 )
Midweek:
Sunday to Thursday – $276. per couple for 2 nights
Weekends:
Friday and Saturday – $293. per couple for 2 nights
High Season Rate ( July 1 to Oct. 31 )
Midweek:
Sunday to Thursday –
$325. per couple for 2 nights
Weekend:
Friday and Saturday – $345. per couple for 2 nights
Garden
Suite:
Low Season
Rate ( Nov. 1 to June 30 )
Midweek:
Sunday to Thursday – $293. per couple for 2 nights
Weekends:
Friday and Saturday – $310. per couple for 2 nights
High Season
Rate ( July 1 to Oct. 31 )
Midweek:
Sunday to Thursday –
$345. per couple for 2 nights
Weekend:
Friday and Saturday – $365. per couple for 2 nights
(
Above prices are + 5% GST )
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Valentine's Day
Special
Getaway Package
Choose from two elegant and comfortable
Suites...
- The luxurious and spacious Loft Suite
with separate library / sitting area and private en suite bathroom with
shower.
-
The Garden Suite
with private entrance, and its own private deck and private en
suite bathroom
and shower.
- Delicious four-course breakfast
served each morning in the dining room, or on the outside deck.
- Year-round outdoor hot tub is kept nice
and warm
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
- Queen-size beds with plump duvets and
quilts.
- Nearby
spas in Haliburton.
- Excellent local
restaurants.
- FREE Hi-Speed Broadband Internet access
with
your WiFi (wireless) equipped laptop computer.
Valentine's Day in Canada...
Valentine's
Day is on February 14, 2009, and traces
its origin to an ancient Roman festival.There are various legends
associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to
mate from this day. Popularity of the Valentine's Day festival stems
from the combined effects of all these legends, beliefs and of course
the wish to glorify the unparalleled feeling of love.
The Feast
of Lupercalia was the time that brought together young boys and girls
who otherwise were kept separated. On the eve of the festival names of
young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars.
Each young man drew out a girl's name from the jar and was paired with
the girl for the duration of the festival. Sometime pairing lasted for
a year until next year's celebration. Quite often, the couple would
fall in love with each other and later marry. The custom lasted for a
long time until people felt that the custom was un-Christian and that
mates should be chosen by sight, not luck.
People in England and
France held a belief that birds started to look for their mate from
February 14. This popular notion further helped to link Valentine's Day
celebrated in the middle of the February, with love and romance. Over
the period of time, St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers and
they began to celebrate Valentine's Day as a day of romance by
exchanging love notes and simple gifts
Seventy-five percent of
all valentines are purchased by women. Millions of boxes of chocolates
and bouquets of roses purchased primarily by for the February 14
holiday.
When did the Valentine's Day frenzy begin? Scholars tell slightly
different versions of the history of this popular holiday.
Cards
decorated with black and white pictures painted by factory workers
began to be created in the early 1800s; by the end of the century,
valentines were being made entirely by machine. Sociologists theorize
that printed cards began to take the place of letters, particularly in
Great Britain, because they were an easy way for people to express
their feelings in a time when direct expression of emotions was not
fashionable.
Beautifully hand made Valentines were often small
works of art, richly decorated with silk, satin or lace, flowers or
feathers and even gold leaf. And many featured Cupid, the cherubic,
be-winged son of Venus, and a natural Valentine's Day "mascot."
Some
of the more unusual valentines were created by lonely sailors during
the Victorian era. They used seashells of various sizes to create
hearts, flowers and other designs or to cover heart-shaped boxes.
Chalet
In-The-Woods Bed and Breakfast is an ideal place to treat
your Valentine by giving her a Gift Certificate which may be redeemed
when
it is convenient.
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