April 23, St. George's Day

The 23rd of April, Saint George's Day [La diada de Sant Jordi], is a special day here as Sant Jordi is Catalonia's patron saint, among many other countries according to the Wikipedia. The real George was a Roman soldier who died as martyr on April 23, 303 A.D. In the most popular legend, he saves a princess from being devoured by a feroucious dragon who wants a human sacrifice every day - and in the process kills the dragon. In Catalonia it is the day of the people in love, of roses and books. Everywhere in the centre of villages and cities, flowersellers and booksellers put up booths with roses and the latest offerings of the literary market respectively. The men give a red rose to the women they like, not just to their loved ones, and the women give books to the men, though not to everyone they receive a rose from. The book part was added after April 23 became "international day of the book" in 1930 in remembrance of Cervantes's death in 1616.
Not only lovers, flowersellers, and booksellers like this day but also the Kenian rose-growers who provide the millions of roses sold on this day alone...