Saint Valentine's Day

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Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy and beekeepers. Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and his body buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) since at least the eighth century. More from Wikipedia

President Trump may be not merely be hostile to our institutions, but antagonistic to them.
None the less, even the Trump white house cannot entirely exclude this international tradition from its loving embrace:

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And the First Lady:
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Happy Saint Valentine's Day
 
Shiftless2 said:
"high calorie nourishment balls" #3
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"Nourishment" ?!
To insure an adequate dietary intake of vitamin heart-attack?

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A heart-shaped box of candy, $cheaper than running a tab at the local bordello. "Love is grand. Divorce is $500 $grand!"

Shiftless2 said:
"IDAHOT"
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I presume a wholesome agenda, but do not recognize "IDAHOT".

Q: What flower gives the most kisses on St. Valentine's Day?

A: Tulips 😳
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Shiftless2 said:
Re #5 - #IDAHOT is a Twitter handle
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Oh.
I should have known that, if only by recognizing the "hash-tag" format. It seems my anti- "social media" contempt is neither secret, nor inconsequential.

- oh well -

Thanks S2.
 
Awakening from a romantic dream, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it means?"

"You'll know tonight." he said.

That evening, her husband came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it
to find a book titled Dream Interpretation.

For ever after she never failed to liberally sprinkle hot pepper on his peanut butter sandwiches.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Valentine's Day is just a made-up holiday. ..." #12
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Point:
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Counterpoint:
What holiday is not "made-up"?

Attempt to justify the status quo and we see the choices are arbitrary.

African-Americans may have rational reason for reservation about President's Day, which includes honorific recognition of a slave-owner, Thomas Jefferson *.

In our modern culture, holidays, a brief suspension in work schedule, have affects that seem to be therapeutic on national scale. The U.S. is not the only nation to apply the practice, or reap its benefits.

CERTAINLY we ignore history at our peril.
But is our yearly formal recognition of Santa any less socially beneficial than recognizing Abe Lincoln's birthday?
When quantified on commercial basis (in $Billions), the opposite may be true.

So what?
We needn't abandon our scholarship of history to enjoy a 3 day weekend.
This doesn't mean Washington was a bad guy.
But it at least raises the question, might the celebration be as or more important than the person celebrated?

ref:
* What does Presidents Day commemorate?
Washington's birthday was an informal holiday during the country's early existence and President Rutherford B. Hayes formalized the holiday in 1879, according to History.com.
The holiday's proximity to the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12 caused the general public to link the two and later expand the celebration to all presidents.
www.usatoday.com

What is President's Day? Upcoming holiday started with Washington, now for all presidents

President's Day is Monday. Here's what to know about it's history, including how it got started and what it has become.
www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
 

Valentine's Day​

Holiday observed on February 14
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Saint Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer. Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: tradition maintains that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry by the Roman emperor; an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution.

The 8th-century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint Valentine on February 14. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries, when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion for couples to express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. In the 19th century, handmade cards gave way to mass-produced greetings. In Italy, Saint Valentine's keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady).

It is a day of commemoration in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church. Many parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrate Saint Valentine's Day on July 6 in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and on July 30 in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). More from Wikipedia
 
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