Be Mine - Valentines Contest time!
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V-day several years ago was the day hubby and I had our first kiss. It had always worked out every other year that I was single on v-day... since that fateful night I've never been alone on v-day 
Saint Valentine is the patron saint of lovers and engaged couples. He is also the patron saint of epilepsy (which he is said to have suffered), plague, greetings, travelers, young people, and bee keepers.
A common symbol of Valentines Day is Cupid (desire), the Roman god of love. The son of Venus and Mars, he was originally depicted as a young man who would sharpen his arrows on a grindstone whetted with blood from an infant, though now he is commonly presented as a pudgy baby. This transformation occurred during the Victorian era when business owners wanted to promote Valentines Day as more suitable for women and children.
Over 100 years ago, the Chicago post office refused to deliver about 25,000 Valentine postcards because their messages were not nice. The caustic cards were called vinegar Valentines.
Valentine Writers were booklets written in1823 by Peter Quizumall to help those who couldnt think up Valentine verses on their own.
The first recorded association of Valentine’s Day with romantic love occurs in Chaucer’s “Parlement of Foules.” Chaucer writes (in modern translation): “For this was on Saint Valentine’s day/When every bird comes there to choose his mate.” However, Chaucer may have been referring to Valentine of Genoa, whose saint’s day was May 2, a more likely time for birds to be mating than February 14.
The High Court of Love was established in Paris, France, in 1400 and is the first known official celebration of Saint Valentines Day. Composed of 30 women, it dealt with love contracts, violence against women, and betrayals.
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