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Modern day Valentine’s Day

2020-02-16
By: Jonathan Oladeji
On: February 16, 2020
In: Features, Uncategorized

Carli Botha and Kristin de Decker February 14 is marked as a day for celebrating love by many people around the world. There are numerous stories about the origin of Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, as it is also called. The most popular origin story is the story of Saint Valentine, who performed weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. He was imprisoned for his actions. According to History.com, Saint Valentine sent a letter to a young girl he fell in love with while imprisoned, and he ended the letter with, “from your Valentine”. This is where the term, ‘your valentine’,Read More →

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