[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Do they celebrate Valentine's Day outside the U.S.?

[Susanne]

Hi,

Friday, February 14, 2003, 12:02:33 PM, abigailnus at yahoo.com wrote:


> The way I see it, Valentine's Day is infectious.  It's a made-up 
> holiday to begin with, right? 

No, I don't think it's made up.

IIRC, it has it's origin in Roman history.
Something about soldiers being forbidden to get married,
thinking a married soldier would rather stay home, instead of
fight.

A priest named Valentine defied the emperor's order and secretly
married young couples. He was punished for his crime and
later became the patron saint of lovers.

I grew up in Germany, and there Valentine's day used to be a
thing for couples, or young lovers.

Here in the US my daughter used to have to write Valentine's
for her whole class. Didn't matter if the kids actually
liked each other 8)

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Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net