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10 Amazing Facts About Valentine’s Day You Did Not Know About by kenniefawole(m): 1:40pm On Feb 02, 2019
Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly known as Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them. Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. See 10 Amazing Facts About Valentine's Day
1. Most Celebrated Holiday

10 Amazing Facts About Valentine
Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them. It is the second most celebrated holiday around the world second to New Year’s Day. Also Valentine’s Day is the second most popular card-giving holiday (only Christmas is more popular).
2. Three St. Valentine’s

Original Valentine's Day
Throughout history, there have been approximately eight St. Valentine’s. Three of them had special feast days in their honor. The two St. Valentines who most likely inspired Valentine’s Day are Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome, though some scholars speculate they are actually one person. In reality, there were actually 3 Saint Valentine’s. One was a priest, one a bishop and one little is known about except he was a martyr. The stories of the priest’s and bishop’s martyrdom are so closely related it is difficult to tell which St. Valentine the Holiday is named after.
3. Actual Valentine’s

Valentine Kneeling In Supplication
According to legend it was St. Valentine himself who sent the first valentine in the form of a letter to his jailer’s blind daughter with whom he had fallen in love. Just before he was put to death at the hands of King Claudius II for marrying the kings soldiers without the king’s permission he penned a note to his love and signed it: From your Valentine.
4. Romantic Love Day

Romance on Valentine Day
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”).
5. First Valentine’s

First Valentine's
It is believed that a mount Holyoke college student by the name of Ester Howland created the first lace valentine in the United States from lace, ribbon and colorful pictures. She has become known as the Mother of the Valentine.
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Re: 10 Amazing Facts About Valentine’s Day You Did Not Know About by Rextizz(m): 1:47pm On Feb 02, 2019
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Re: 10 Amazing Facts About Valentine’s Day You Did Not Know About by kelly8919(m): 3:55pm On Feb 02, 2019
Ladies love for this day is second to none
Re: 10 Amazing Facts About Valentine’s Day You Did Not Know About by catalan15(m): 5:29pm On Feb 02, 2019
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Ladies love for this day is second to none
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