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Down with Valentine's Day, Up with Love!!
I think we should get rid of Valentine's Day. I know, I know, all the diehard romantics will hate this idea, but here's what I think. There is no other day that is so wrought with potential for missteps than Valentine's Day and I think we should just eliminate it. It's not a nice holiday. Where did Valentine's day come from? So to start, no one knows how Valentine's Day actually originated. There are two martyred St. Valentines who may or may not be the origin of the St. Valentine title. One was a priest in the third century in Rome who performed marriages in secret after marriage was outlawed by Emporer Claudius II. He was then put to death. Another St. Valentine helped Christians escape harsh roman prisons; legend indicates he may have sent the first valentine greeting himself after he fell in love with a girl who visited him while he was in jail. He was later put to death. Some believe St. Valentine's Day is celebrated to comemorate one of the above Valentine's deaths or births. Ahhh, what warm and sweet thoughts. Others think the church put St. Valentine's Day in the middle ... more
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