5 Simple Activities At Home To Celebrate Valentine's Day With Family

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JAKARTA - The changing habits in celebrating the day of love or Valentine's Day is caused by a pandemic. External things such as a pandemic cannot be avoided. Most wisely, you can celebrate the warmth of love with your beloved family at home.

Based on the recommendations, you can do the following simple activities without reducing the level of love for your family.

Enjoying the evening sunshine

Feelings of love are often associated with twilight. Nothing wrong with you and your family set up a number of chairs and a table complete with simple snacks on the balcony of the house. Hanging out with family at home is the safest way for health.

Besides being able to increase the happiness hormone for the whole family, enjoying the twilight can also be a warm moment on Valentine's Day.

Exchange gifts

Prizes are not valued for their value. However, because of the intention or content contained in it or what it wants to convey through material symbols. For example a homemade greeting card or a cup of warm chocolate for a wife with a warm demeanor, of course, this is quite happy, right?

Watch romantic impressions

Whatever the program, television has a big role in unifying all elements of the family. Starting from offerings from paid shows to romantic music that triggers you and your partner to sing together.

Based on a study conducted by Chineye Nwabueze, Ph.D., and Emmanuel Adishika and published in the Advance Social Science Research Journal, watching romantic shows increases family commitment.

That is, it is not wrong to see romantic shows to celebrate a special day with family at home.

Cooking together

Domestic activities such as cooking have a big role in the psychological aspect of the family. Besides increasing happiness, cooking together will also be more economical.

Many psychological studies have found that cooking together at home, both with family members and close friends can increase self-confidence, closeness to getting used to a healthy diet.

Make use of digital platforms

If the encounter is important but given the global scale restrictions, then the digital platform temporarily becomes a 'helper'. You can invite the whole family in a meeting mode via Zoom, Google Meeting, or on a scale with not many users using Whatsapp Video Call.

Other media that can convey feelings can also be done, for example playing games. Not a game in the hands of a smartphone, but a game that can be played with the whole family. For example, guess the pose, truth or dare, or read each other's romantic poetry from a number of favorite writers.

What is clear, in every limitation there is always a creative way to celebrate the day of love with your family or loved ones.