adrenaline Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Happy Chinese Valentine's day to whoever is lover or beloved.
Ark of Truth Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 So what? He's just making everyone aware of it.
thesapien Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 Copy/pasted from Wiki Saint Valentine's Day, often simply Valentine's Day,[1][2][3] is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them. The original "St. Valentine" was a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Modern romantic connotations were added several centuries later by poets. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies.[4] This celebration was deleted from the General Roman Calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines").[1][3] Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[5]
drmiles Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 I wonder how many people in China will be celebrating.
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