The reason that February possesses fewer days than any other month can be explained best as suicide prevention. If we had to wait through additional days of winter tinged with hints of spring, the tease would prove to be too much for all but the strongest mind to endure. (How do those living in the southern hemisphere endure August?) Surely, the exact mid point of the month provides a mandatory break for a moment of romanticism and foreshadowing the regenerative nature of spring.
Story Chip does not hope to question the nature of the calendar or alter the course of holidays, but we do hope to provide a platform for stories that help us to understand them. Our archive currently holds only a single story with a Valentine's Day tag, and that story is about the Beatles first trip to the United States.
