Is just a holiday made up by buisnesses, that capitalizes on people's gullability. The funny part is that we mistake love for infatuation and affection.

Take it to Bitch & Moan, boy.

quote:Originally posted by ilbastardoh:

Is just a holiday made up by buisnesses, that capitalizes on people's gullability. The funny part is that we mistake love for infatuation and affection.

Son, you're a man after my own heart. If only people could understand us.

Well, Valentine's Day goes back a lot further than the Age of Consumerism...

"In Ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno, Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Feast of Lupercalia started the next day.

During these times boys and girls were segregated. However, the young people had a custom that began on the eve of the Festival of Lupercalia. The girl’s names were written on pieces of paper and inserted into jars. Each boy then drew a girl’s name from the jar and they were partners throughout the Festival. After being paired, the children would often continue to see each other throughout the year and on occasion even fell in love and got married.

Emperor Claudius II of Rome, also known as Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time recruiting men as soldiers. He believed that the men did not want to leave their sweethearts and cancelled all engagements and marriages throughout Rome. St. Valentine, a priest of Rome at the time, secretly married couples. He was eventually caught, arrested and condemned. He was beaten to death and beheaded on February 14th, around the year 270."

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