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The Backstory: Valentine’s Day: From Blood and Sacrifice to Roses and Chocolates
Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Human attachment is thousands of years old . . but Valentine’s Day started off as a blood soaked Roman pagan fertility festival. The romance element is a pretty recent development. As usual, the Victorians reinvented it, taking it from a bloody sacrifice to roses and Valentine cards.
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