"Be My Valentine"
There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine. Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers. There was often a social gathering or a ball.
In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800's and now the date is very commercialized. The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school.
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Marry??! Maybe my daughter needs to stay home today!
For those of you who may be wondering if John Frenaye and I exchanged Valentines today…not even an e-card. While I can’t speak for John’s wife, I would assume however that both our wives would find a way to recreate the St. Valentines Day Massacre of 1929 if flowers, cards, or Kool-Aid were exchanged. I wouldn’t want to replace rival names like Al "Scarface" Capone and George "Bugs" Moran in the history books!
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First off--divorced here!
Now, leave it to a YTBer to incorporate the following similes into a single post:
A Lottery
A Jail
A Priest
Early concepts of network marketing by exchanging cards
Early concepts of YTB being separate companies just like they separated boys and girls.
How's that for a reach?
Posted by
John |
Thursday, February 14, 2008
John;
Unless you’re willing to spoil me rotten like my wife currently does, you don’t stand a chance. I have myself one true Southern Bell and I’m going to keep her.
I’m sorry.
If you think I’m good at selling YTB, you should have seen the sales job I did on her with this Damn Yankee!
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TravelPro |
Thursday, February 14, 2008