Do they celebrate Valentine's Day outside the U.S.?

[sandon96 <smotgreg@hotmail.com>]

I read in the news this morning (The Register Guard - Eugene, Oregon, 
USA) about Hindu nationalists raiding shops in Bombay and burning cards 
and gifts for Valentine's day. "Save Indian Culture!" the activists 
were reportedly shouting, and it made me sad to think that what's seen 
as a fun and friendly holiday here is so wrong in another's country's 
eyes.  When I taught school (second grade) we would try to celebrate or 
at least learn about other countries' holidays and celebrations - - and 
in retrospect I suppose we really didn't do much justice to truly 
appreciating another culture, but we all had fun eating different foods 
and saying hello in other other languages.  Perhaps it was a small 
exercise in tolerance and a view outside of the fishbowl many of us 
swim in.  

Anyway, I got a blender from my husband for Valentine's. Romantic, eh? 
Chocolate wasn't even hidden inside. Sigh -

By the way, my mother in law sent us a raclette.  Any suggestions on 
how to use it other than a sausage/cheese/bread combination.