{"id":9361,"date":"2026-02-17T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:03:06","slug":"valentines-day-debate-chocolate-vs-flowers-what-do-students-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/02\/17\/valentines-day-debate-chocolate-vs-flowers-what-do-students-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day Debate: Chocolate vs Flowers; what do students want?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Roses are red, chocolate is sweet, which one is Troy students favorite Valentine’s Day treat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the season of love and everyone is scrambling to find the perfect gift. It begs the question, though, what is the number one Valentine’s Day gift? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year two presents battle it out for the top spot: chocolate versus flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I prefer to receive chocolates, because I can eat them and I just love food so much,” student Keeley Bulman said. “While flowers are really pretty, they’re super temporary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I really like roses,” student Elijah Brooks countered. “It’s just very symbolic and it’s sweet. It’s a sweet thing to do, because you can keep them forever if you dry them out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I love flowers, so whenever somebody gives me flowers, I dry them and hang them in the wall,” student Shreeya Sinjali said. “It can stay forever.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students voted on which gift they would like to receive and why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’d probably take some chocolate,” student Ryan Mays said. “I don’t really got no use for flowers. It’s a nice gesture, but I’ll eat the chocolate, so I’ll take some chocolate.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a guy you never really receive flowers, so I’ve never really gotten flowers,” Noah Maddox said. “It’d be nice.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems the gift giving battle continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Roses are red, chocolate is sweet, which one is Troy students favorite Valentine’s Day treat? <\/p>\n

It is the season of love and everyone is scrambling to find the perfect gift. It begs the question, though, what is the number one Valentine’s Day gift? <\/p>\n

Each year two presents battle it…<\/p>\n

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