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X-WR-CALDESC:February 14 is always Valentine’s Day. Heads up\, lovebirds! T
 oday\, the holiday is celebrated with love\, flowers\, and chocolate\, but
  how did this holiday get its start? \n\nAlthough a Christian bishop named
  Valentine was martyred on February 14 in A.D. 271\, Valentine’s Day has i
 ts origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.\n\nLupercalia was a fertility 
 festival in honor of Lupa\, the wolf who was said to have suckled Romulus 
 and Remus (who went on to found the city of Rome) and dedicated to Faunus\
 , the Roman god of agriculture. This was the season to start sowing seeds 
 and hope for a fertile year of crops.\n\nWHERE DID VALENTINE’S DAY COME FR
 OM?\nThe Roman festival involved drunk young men running through the stree
 ts naked\, women being smeared in animal blood\, and unusual fertility rit
 es. Ever heard the dating phrase\, “being hit on”?  In this case\, men lit
 erally hit on women by whipping them with the hides of the animals they ha
 d just sacrificed.\n\nApparently\, many women were willing participants\, 
 lining up for the festival\, believed this would make them fertile. Young 
 men also drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would lie together
  during the festival\, in an effort to conceive.\n\nWhen the Roman Empire 
 became Christian\, it evolved into the feast of St. Valentine—who was mart
 yred at this time.  The church evolved the pagan rituals into a less blood
 y\, raucous affair and attempted to tie the holiday to the saints. However
 \, much of the love and romance of the day persisted
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DESCRIPTION:February 14 is always Valentine’s Day. Heads up\, lovebirds! To
 day\, the holiday is celebrated with love\, flowers\, and chocolate\, but 
 how did this holiday get its start? \n\nAlthough a Christian bishop named 
 Valentine was martyred on February 14 in A.D. 271\, Valentine’s Day has it
 s origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.\n\nLupercalia was a fertility f
 estival in honor of Lupa\, the wolf who was said to have suckled Romulus a
 nd Remus (who went on to found the city of Rome) and dedicated to Faunus\,
  the Roman god of agriculture. This was the season to start sowing seeds a
 nd hope for a fertile year of crops.\n\nWHERE DID VALENTINE’S DAY COME FRO
 M?\nThe Roman festival involved drunk young men running through the street
 s naked\, women being smeared in animal blood\, and unusual fertility rite
 s. Ever heard the dating phrase\, “being hit on”?  In this case\, men lite
 rally hit on women by whipping them with the hides of the animals they had
  just sacrificed.\n\nApparently\, many women were willing participants\, l
 ining up for the festival\, believed this would make them fertile. Young m
 en also drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would lie together 
 during the festival\, in an effort to conceive.\n\nWhen the Roman Empire b
 ecame Christian\, it evolved into the feast of St. Valentine—who was marty
 red at this time.  The church evolved the pagan rituals into a less bloody
 \, raucous affair and attempted to tie the holiday to the saints. However\
 , much of the love and romance of the day persisted
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SUMMARY:Valentine's Day
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