Valentine's Day
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 Today's Valentine's day is much different from back then. The origins of Valentine's Day are murky. We do know that the ancient Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia, a spring festival, on the 15th of February. With the introduction of Christianity, the holiday moved to the 14th of February--the saint day that celebrated several early Christian martyrs named Valentine . They used to kill goats and rip their hide off and put on the back of women. The women didn't find this at all weird. they actually thought the hide would make them more fertile. There would be match making where men would pull women's name out of a jar. Often it ended in marriage. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. 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 mid...