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The holiday was first introduced in Spain through a 1948 advertisement campaign by the department store chain Galerías Preciados, [185] and had become widespread by the 1970s. [185] United Kingdom Valentine's Day love notes on display in 2010 for making a charitable donation to the British Heart Foundation a b Kliner, Pavla (February 15, 2008). "Sv. Valentin, prvi spomladin"[St Valentin, the First Spring Saint]. Gorenjski glas (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on January 18, 2013.

Riddle: Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month, and in the same year, however, they’re not twins. How is this possible? Riddle: A man is found hanging dead from his ceiling where the room’s dimensions measure 15 x 15 x 15. However, the man is only 6 feet tall and the rope was only 2 feet long. If there are no windows, the only door was bolted shut from the inside, and there is a puddle of water beneath him, how did he kill himself? In a 2016 poll conducted by Channel 4 for Valentine's Day, Jane Austen's line, "My heart is, and always will be, yours", from her novel Sense and Sensibility as said by Edward Ferrars ( Hugh Grant) to Elinor Dashwood ( Emma Thompson) in the acclaimed 1995 film adaptation, was voted the most romantic line from literature, film, and TV by thousands of women. [188] Restrictions on Valentine's day in some countries things you probably didn't know about St Dwynwen's Day". Wales Online. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018 . Retrieved February 13, 2018. St. Valentine's Day, or Ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου in Greek tradition was not associated with romantic love. In the Eastern Orthodox church there is another Saint who protects people who are in love, Hyacinth of Caesarea (feast day July 3), but this was not widely known until the late 1990s. [174] In contemporary Greece, Valentine's Day is generally celebrated as in the common Western tradition. [175] Ireland Many Christians make a pilgrimage to Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin on Saint Valentine's Day to implore the intercession of Saint Valentine in their prayers, with the hope of finding true love [176]Riddle: I am the beginning of the end of time and space that surrounds everything and every place. What am I?

Riddle: Five houses painted five different colors stand in a row. One person of a different nationality lives in each house. The five homeowners all drink some type of beverage, smoke a certain cigar brand, and have a certain kind of pet. But none of the owners drink the same beverage, smoke the same type of cigar, or have the same pet. BBC (February 15, 2012). "Religious police swoop on Valentine's Day lovers". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Anil Mathew Varughese (2003). "Globalization versus cultural authenticity? Valentine's Day and Hindu values". In Richard Sandbrook (ed.). Civilizing globalization: a survival guide. SUNY series in radical social and political theory (illustrateded.). SUNY Press. p.53. ISBN 978-0-7914-5667-5. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Noori, Hikmat (February 14, 2022). "Separated on Valentine's Day: the Afghan lovers with only bittersweet memories". The National. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022 . Retrieved February 14, 2022.

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Malaysia Arrests 100 Muslim Couples for Celebrating Lovers' Day". The Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011 . Retrieved August 6, 2011. Malaysian Muslims warned against Valentine's Day". The Straits Times. February 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011.

a b Mintz, Sidney (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. p.157. Rayner W. Hesse (January 1, 2007). Jewelrymaking Through History: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.21. ISBN 978-0-313-33507-5. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. It appears as the birthstone from February probably due to its association with Saint Valentine; therefore, amethyst has often been worn to attract love. In France, a traditionally Catholic country, Valentine's Day is known simply as " Saint Valentin", and is celebrated in much the same way as other western countries. [173] The relics of Saint Valentin de Terni, the patron of the St Valentine's Day, are in the Catholic church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Jean-l’Evangéliste located in the southern France town of Roquemaure, Gard. The celebrations of "Fête des Amoureux" takes place every two years on the Sunday closest to February 14. The village gets dressed in its 19th-century costume and put on the program with over 800 people.Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier" or "the chaste Juno", was celebrated on February 13–14. Although the Pope Gelasius I (492–496) article in the Catholic Encyclopedia says that he abolished Lupercalia, theologian and Methodist minister Bruce Forbes wrote that "no evidence" has been demonstrated to link St. Valentine's Day and the rites of the ancient Roman purification festival of Lupercalia, despite claims by many authors to the contrary. [notes 1] [23] [50] [51] a b c Steve Derné (2008). "7. Globalizing gender culture. Transnational cultural flows and the intensification of male dominance in India". In Kathy E. Ferguson; Monique Mironesco (eds.). Gender and globalization in Asia and the Pacific: method, practice, theory. University of Hawaii Press. pp.127–129. ISBN 978-0-8248-3241-4. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015.