past and present, in no particular order

• it is a holiday, a break from the mundane in an otherwise uneventful month
• someone might tell me he likes me
• cards and letters that people have written especially for me
• cards and letters that people have written generically, and given to me
• chocolates and candy
• flowers (so cheesy)
• secret admirers
• "candy-grams"
• valentine's day dinner date
• having someone to call a valentine and being one myself