From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday

Greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day? Here's the holiday's history
While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.
The history of Valentine's Day: From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday
Feb. 14th is all about romance and love! Whether you're celebrating it with a partner, friends, or family, here's what you should know about its history.
What to know about Valentine's Day origins: A tame holiday with a wild past
According to History.com, exchanging Valentine's took off in the 1700s, a period coinciding with Romanticism in literature and art across Europe and America. When a woman named Esther A. Howland began selling the first mass-produced valentines in the 1840s, an industry was born.
25 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Valentine's Day (Including How Much the Average Person Spends on the Holiday!)
Valentine's Day has long been celebrated as a day of romance filled with red roses, heart-shaped candies and chocolate boxes. Here are 25 trivia facts you didn't know about Valentine's Day.
Valentine’s Day: the economic value of romantic tradition
We may never know if St. Valentine, a martyr beheaded for officiating the forbidden weddings of persecuted Christians, was keen on chocolate and flowers. But we do know that millions of people around the world will be using those very items to celebrate his name on February 14.
Valentine’s Day 2025: Know History, Significance, And All About This Day
As Valentine’s Week culminates, Valentine’s Day on February 14 is a beautiful celebration of love and romance. It’s the perfect day to express heartfelt emotions through gifts, sweet gestures, and special moments with your loved one.
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day and who was Saint Valentine?
Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of ...
Dark origins of Valentine's Day: Naked men sacrificing animals, hitting women with hides
In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.
Rising to raise awareness: Esperanza Dance Project drawing attention to gender-based violence on Valentine's Day
Valentine's day is a day dedicated to the celebration of love, but for the estimated 10 million Americans that are survivors ...
Many Americans think Valentine’s Day is romantic and fun — not outdated or stressful: poll
About 2 in 10 U.S. adults say “outdated” describes the holiday extremely or very well, while about 3 in 10 say it describes ...
Valentine's Day food deals 2025: Where to find heart-shaped pizza, pasta and more in Texas
Whether you're craving pizza, pasta, a sandwich or dessert, you can get heart-shaped food this Valentine's Day! Here are the ...
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From roses in Vietnam to engraved 'love locks' in Germany, the world celebrates Valentine's Day
In Rome, flowers were placed next to “St. Valentine Skull” in the Santa Maria in Cosmedin Basilica. On Thursday, visitors ...
Valentine's Day food deals 2025: Best restaurant discounts and dinner specials for holiday
Many expect to spend more for Valentine's Day 2025. You can find food deals at restaurants such as Burger King, Wendy's, Chipotle and Applebee's.
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'We say run fast, drive slow': Restaurant valets busy with Valentine's snowstorm business
Milwaukee's Sanford Restaurant and Carson's Prime Steaks brought in extra valets to help with Valentine's Day traffic during Friday's snowstorm.
Volunteers deliver gifts to widows on Valentine's Day. The project began in a florist's driveway
She is among a growing number of volunteers who deliver gifts to widows and widowers through the Valentine's Day Widow ...