The Heart of Galentine's Day - What Is It? Why and How You Should Celebrate It.

Ideas for hosting a Galentine's Day get-together, complete with playlist and activity suggestions.

Feb 09, 2026

What’s Galentine’s Day?

“OH, IT’S ONLY THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR. EVERY FEBRUARY 13TH, MY LADY FRIENDS AND I LEAVE OUR HUSBANDS AND OUR BOYFRIENDS AT HOME, AND WE JUST COME AND KICK IT, BREAKFAST-STYLE. LADIES CELEBRATING LADIES. IT’S LIKE LILITH FAIR, MINUS THE ANGST. PLUS FRITTATAS.” — LESLIE KNOPE

Galentine’s Day is the (unofficial) holiday before Valentine’s Day and it’s dedicated to celebrating female friendship every February 13th. The fictitious holiday was first mentioned in a 2010 episode of the show Parks And Recreation (such a good show!) by main character Leslie Knope (pictured above).

In the episode, Leslie rounds up her female friends and her mom for brunch, where she gives them all highly customized gifts. This idea of getting together to celebrate the women in our lives really caught on. It is definitely “a thing!” It’s so fun and the aesthetic is really cute.

The Heart of Galentine’s Day — Celebrating Love & Friendship

I love love and I like celebrating love, but I also want to celebrate friendship, and especially my female friends and other women in my life. I’m Mexican-American, and in Mexico February 14th has always been known as “Día del Amor y la Amistad,” which means day of love and friendship.

It is so important to have women in our lives we can relate to, laugh with, and just do life with. Especially godly women. We were made for friendship and community! This, I believe, is at the heart of Galentine’s Day (no pun intended). Of course, we don’t need Galentine’s Day to celebrate that or each other, as we can and should do that any day, but it sure makes it more fun to have a special occasion.

It’s an occasion to gather the women in your life and let them know how much you appreciate them, whether dressing up or wearing pajamas & face masks, going out to a fancy brunch, or chilling at home with pizza. It’s also an occasion to appreciate God’s love. Because all love comes from HIM and He IS love itself.

A Very Sophisticated Galentine’s Tea

This has to be one of my favorite events I’ve ever hosted! A few friends helped bring it all together and I couldn’t have pulled it off without them. The idea was to have an elegant Afternoon Tea with a Galentine’s theme. [[Somebody count how many times this post says Galentine’s!😂]]

I didn’t want the obvious pink & red and heart-shaped everything this time (though that’s fun, too), so I opted for a lot of muted pink and other soft pastel colors, flowers, tapered candles, and touches of real brass. I even made a mood board of the vibe I wanted and ideas for activities.

I asked everyone to bring flowers because I wanted us to each make a bouquet and then give our bouquet to another one of the girls, but we didn’t have the space or time for that. So instead, we each wrote a note of appreciation for the person on their left and gave the bouquet they brought with the note to that person.

We also prayed, sang a worship song about God’s love and read out some scripture on God’s love as well. It was such a wonderful time and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and say how relaxing an afternoon it was. It was beautiful. I was so proud of us!

Galentine’s Day (and Valentine’s Day, too) is an occasion to appreciate God’s love. Because all love comes from HIM and He IS love itself.

Galentine’s Get-together Ideas

You know you can’t forget the music.

So are here are some playlist suggestions for your events:

Having a fancy tea party? Tea with Cream and Sugar is a playlist that will not disappoint!
The Coffeehouse Vintage will elevate any at-home café, dinner party, or even spa day.
Hosting a paint-and-sip? Bring out everyone’s inner artist with this playlist: You’re inside Monet paintings
Paris Cafe is the perfect soundtrack to your brunch.
Whether you’re having a bake-off, pizza night, or just in the mood for dancing this Pancakes & Motown PJ party playlist is so fun!
Impromptu Dance Party. Need I say more?

I hope you enjoyed this post! Do you celebrate Galentine’s Day, or if not, did this inspire you to start this year? I would love to hear how you celebrate! Leave me a comment :) 💕 Happy Galentine’s Day!