Post FIVE facts that you learned from the video "History of the Holidays: History of Valentine's Day" and/or the article "Valentines Day 2025: Origins, Background & Traditions." by Brittany Bardin

22141242_1 — 2025-02-12 17:08:05 UTC

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend.

When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men.

During the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds’ mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of Valentine’s Day should be a day for romance.

In addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia. In Great Britain, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century.

By the middle of the 18th, it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes, and by 1900 printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology.

2025-02-12 17:08:38 UTC

in Rome

animal sacrifice

Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture

They would then strip the goat’s hide into strips, dip them into the sacrificial blood and take to the streets, gently slapping both women and crop fields with the goat hide.

God Cupid has his roots in Greek mythology as the Greek god of love

2025-02-12 17:21:17 UTC

Valentine's Day started becuase of a prisoner who wrote to the person he loved and signed it Your Valentine.

it has been celebrated in many countries such as Canada Mexico France untied states and Australia.

they began making cards until technology moved into making ready-to-make cards

Valentines Day started around the 1700s,s through the 1840,s

cupid was often portrayed through valentines day as a symbol of love.

2025-02-12 17:23:03 UTC

Michael Mack

most stories have it starting as a catholic tradition before it becomes a christian tradition,

in the catholic one woman were beat with animal skin for long lasting regevate,

there was a pope that secretly married people without the emperor knowing,

the first valentines day was on february 14 220 A.D,

the saying ¨ from your valentine¨ is from the priest that secretly wed people until he was caught and arrested and he fell in love with the janitor's daughter and on the day of his execution he sent the girl a letter that ended with ¨from your valentine¨