Galentine's Day , a TV-created holiday observed February 13, gives us a chance to celebrate our friendships with—among other tokens of love—brunch and waffles. The Galentine 's Day tradition was started almost a decade ago by Leslie Knope, the main character in the US sitcom Parks and Recreation as a chance for the female characters in the programme to ... While Galentine 's Day is a relatively newer holiday, compared to Valentine's Day, it has steadily been gaining popularity. Put simply, Galentine 's Day is the equivalent of Valentine's Day for platonic love. That it's celebrated so close to Valentine's itself speaks volumes about its mission: to end the trumping of ...