We analyzed nearly 600 Hallmark cards. Here’s what we learned
Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolate and picking out the perfect card to express your affection. We analyzed nearly 600 ...
Dark origins of Valentine's Day: Naked men sacrificing animals, hitting women with hides
In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.
Greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day? Here's the holiday's history
While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial ...
Inside the origins of modern Valentine's Day celebrations
Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.
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From Valentine to Galatians, the roots of our February 14th celebrations
Hollywood and Hallmark have commercialised Valentine's Day, but its origins were far from flowers, jewellery, chocolates and cards ...
Take a romantic stroll, use their love language and 8 more good-for-you ways to celebrate your sweetheart this Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine’s Day, lovers! If you forgot to purchase flowers or that perfect Hallmark card for your sweetheart, we won’t ...
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day and who was Saint Valentine?
Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of ...
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A ‘Hallmark Holiday’ might be exactly what we need
In a world starved for love that seems to be growing more divided each day, perhaps a “Hallmark Holiday” is exactly what we ...