Nervous about Valentine’s day?

Posted on January 30, 2008
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Read somewhere that there was a 400% spike in the search query “when is valentine’s day”. Can you believe that there are people who don’t know Valentine’s day is always on February 14th each year? Looks like there are a lot of nervous people out there who are scared of missing this Hallmark holiday.

Do you know the origin of Valentine’s day? According to one legend, Valentine was a priest in Rome during the third century. He was imprisoned for disobeying Emperor Claudius’ order for all his soldiers to remain single to ensure that his army stayed virile. Valentine performed marriages of many young lovers in secret as he truly believed in that Emperor Claudius was wrong to stop lovers from getting married. There are numerous other legends on the origins of Valentine’s day.

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