Valentine's Day is almost here, but it wasn't always the heart-filled, card-giving, chocolate-gifting holiday we know today. Here's everything you should know about the history of the beloved holiday ...

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Valentine's Day is almost here, but it wasn't always the heart-filled, card-giving, chocolate-gifting holiday we know today. Here's everything you should know about the history of the beloved holiday ...

Today, we know Valentine’s Day for sweetness and chocolate and doilies and grand romantic gestures. But a millennium before our time, the holiday that would become Valentine’s Day saw ancient Romans ...

Sure, you might go out to dinner or get flowers. But admit it -- Valentine's Day hasn't ever quite lived up to your grade-school days, when you decorated a shoe box to receive your cards and the ...

Susan Jane Gilman is the author of "Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess," just released by Warner Books Valentine’s Day began as a pagan ritual created by those good-time ...

Being someone's Valentine used to involve far more than a one-day commitment and receiving chocolates. Before the 18th century, it was often a yearlong role that could lead to marriage. The origins of ...

When Christianity became prevalent, priests wanted pagan converts to give up their heathen practices associated with the Roman festival, Lupercalia, celebrated on Feb. 15. The Lupercalia festival ...