Valentine's Day: Bookstores take part in celebrations
One store is having staff act out famous rom-com bookstore scenes, while another is giving a prize to someone with a great love story.
Street vendors sell heart-shaped balloons on the eve of Valentine's Day in Manila.
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As Valentine鈥檚 Day approaches, some bookstores are getting in on the celebrations.
According to industry newsletter , bookstore staff at the Morris Book Shop in Lexington, Ky. are acting out bookstore scenes from romantic comedies and putting the photos on their page. Facebook page visitors are encouraged to guess which movie the photos are referring to and movies that have gotten the Morris Book Shop treatment so far include 鈥�Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,鈥� 鈥淭he Big Sleep,鈥� and 鈥�Notting Hill.鈥�
Meanwhile, the bookstore at the University of Texas at El Paso is also honoring the day. According to the store鈥檚 page, the store is encouraging students to share 鈥渢he best campus store love story.鈥澛�
鈥淒id you meet your sweetheart at the store? Are you buying your Valentine鈥檚 Day gift here? Got a crush on someone you see at the bookstore? Or do you love something you鈥檝e purchased here?鈥� staff wrote.聽
Whoever shares the best story receives 鈥渟omething wonderful鈥� from the bookstore.