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Good question.

i dont know if its the same for the rest of the world but in canada at the very least it's the monday before valentines day.

it's a stat holiday

Thank you for that answer @guest. As an American I've never heard of "family day" until now.

I’m thinking through the various phases of life and the only time I can imagine a vastly different “idealized” expectation between family and Valentine’s Day is in old age when your love is dead but your family still cares about you.