But does that make it any more bearable to walk into a supermarket that's decked out with shiny heart-shaped bunting?
Even the most Scrooge-like art critics smiled last week when Sotheby's auctioned Jeff Koons' gigantic, shiny "Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold)," a dazzling piece of artistic eye candy.
"So, with no further ado," Sikes said, turning and sticking a shiny red heart on a poster of the Lone Star State — the new destination was written on the heart in black ink: Dallas.
Dandelions bold as brass and celandines, glossy heart-shaped leaves, shiny bright-yellow flowers, embroider the well trodden path.
So we've had to get creative with our grassroots marketing schemes, and Meghan-Michele, with the steely focus of a prizefighter, affixes shiny pink heart stickers to each condom, and then – gingerly, almost lovingly – places scotch tape on the condom and sticks it to a postcard of our film's poster, which features my big face smack in the middle.
During its recent Jeff Koons retrospective, the Centre Pompidou in Paris placed stickers on the floor guiding visitors to the best selfie spots with the artist's shiny "Hanging Heart".
And there in the middle of the ceiling — in the constellation of Pisces — was a shiny, silver, heart-shaped Mylar balloon.
There are hearts in the store window, shiny foil covered chocolate hearts, heart shaped cushions, a speckling of soft toys with I love You stitched to their chests like tattoos.
If you really believe in something valuable, if you have something shiny in your heart like a crazy diamond, if you break hates taboo with love and have high hopes for folks and just wish them live in a better place… tell an artist to draw a painting or make a music in memory of you.
Above the headboard, and nailed to the wall, is a shiny, glitter-sprinkled, heart-shaped pink valentine from Jesus, who is depicted inside a diminishing succession of crucifixes, like so many Russian dolls, as pretty and effeminate, with a golden halo and dreamy blond hair.
