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Valentine\u2019s Day is best known as a celebration of love in all its forms. Pink hearts, red roses, and cute greeting cards adorn every surface you see. What many people don\u2019t realize is that the modern Valentine\u2019s Day celebration arose from a religious holiday.<\/p>\n

St. Valentine\u2019s Day was originally celebrated as a religious feast day in honor of early Christian martyrs. Three martyrs named Valentine were honored: a priest in Rome, the persecuted bishop of Interamna (a town in central Italy), and a saint martyred in Africa. This saint\u2019s day was celebrated throughout Christendom, although it was removed from the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints in 1969.<\/p>\n

The origin of Valentine\u2019s Day as a holiday for lovers began with Geoffrey Chaucer in his 1382 poem \u201cParlement of Foules.\u201d Chaucer wrote, \u201cFor this was on Saint Valentine\u2019s Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate,\u201d and the modern romantic holiday was born. William Shakespeare and other writers mentioned Valentine\u2019s Day as a day of love.<\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day as we know it came about in the early 19th century. In Victorian England, printers began manufacturing small numbers of cards with romantic verses, lace, ribbons, and other frills. Anonymous Valentine\u2019s Day card were a popular way for young lovers to exchange romantic sentiments in an otherwise prudish time. As the 19th century progressed, printers began mass manufacturing Valentine\u2019s Day cards. People in the United States give an estimated 190 million valentines every year, and up to one billion if you count children exchanging cards at school! With the rise of the Internet, Valentine\u2019s Day e-cards have become a popular mode of communication, with millions of e-cards sent each year.<\/p>\n

The other items associated with Valentine\u2019s Day include chocolate and flowers. The tradition of giving chocolates has been around for decades, and Richard Cadbury created the first box of Valentine\u2019s Day chocolates nearly 150 years ago. Today, purchases of chocolate total over $1 billion in the United States alone, with 35 million heart-shaped boxes sold each year. Loved ones also exchange flowers, with red roses being associated with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. On Valentine\u2019s Day itself, florists sell nearly 200 million stems of roses.<\/p>\n

Although many people dismiss Valentine\u2019s Day as a commercialized \u201cHallmark holiday,\u201d it is beloved to couples and romantics across the United States and other countries. The team at Lowry Dental, LLP wants to remind all patients that no matter what your celebratory plans, February 14th can be a wonderful day to celebrate the loved ones in your life. Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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