Now, let's be clear here.
You're saying that it's okay for the Vatican to not only ban Islamic themed holiday items, but also everything of a certain color, yes?
Like, banning all green items for example?
Its roots are based upon two different Christian martyrs.
Valentine Day was a Pagan Celebration and not a Christian Celebration.
Where did Valentine's Day come
from?
There are many traditions about its origin, but the most authentic
seems to be the one from Encyclopaedia Britannica that says that this
day has nothing to do with Saint Valentine, instead it is related to
the Roman pagan festival of their god, Lupercalia.
It was celebrated on 15th February and in honour of the goddess Juno
Februata, the names of girls were placed in an urn and the men would
draw out the name of a girl at random who would then become their
date for the remaining festival.
When Christianity came to Rome, they tried to Christianize this
obscene yet popular festival by replacing the names of girls by those
of saints. The men were then supposed to emulate the saint, whose
name they drew, for the rest of the year. However this attempt proved
unsuccessful and the use of girls' names returned.
Many associated it with Cupid (the virtually naked god of love), who
is the central character of Valentine's Day paraphernalia, who shoots
people with his arrows to make them fall in love. His mother is said
to be Venus (goddess of love) and apparently the rose was her
favourite flower.
Another tradition speaks of a Saint Valentine who was killed on 14th
Feb. by Emperor Claudius for secretly arranging the marriages of his
soldiers whom he had banned from marriage. The Bishop is said to have
fallen in love with the jailer's daughter during his imprisonment and
wrote her a letter signed `Your Valentine', which became a tradition
for people to come.
In 496 Pope Gelasius officially replaced the
pagan festival of 15th Feb with St Valentine's Day on14th Feb.
I am glad that they banned it. This practice goes against teachings of Islam and has no place in our religion. It promotes indecency, free mixing and premartial-sex. And if it's all about love, WE MUSLIMS DON"T NEED A SPECIAL DAY TO TELL HOME MUCH WE LOVE OUR SPOUSES OR PARENTS!
EDIT: Dude, I thought they banned Valentine's day but instead they banned red stuff. I should have read better. But that is an indirect approach I guess. Anyway, Saudis do need to look at they way they mistreat women.