St. Valentine's Day is being celebrated in Riga just for the last 10-15 years, since Latvia became Western-influenced country.
A lot of lovers express their feeling by gifting flowers or some other other gifts like those Plush toys photographed in Olympia.
I was told a legend, that this holiday was invented by French flower traders especially to increase their sales :)
See also Valentine's Day in 2009.

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