February 14: St. Valentine's Day 2009

What do you know about SAINT Valentine's Day? Red, roses, love, chocolate....

That's about it! It's another one of those events that passes sort of subliminally in and out of our consciousness? Here today... gone tomorrow.

But there is, of course, a basis for the day. It didn't just start up by itself. Check it out here!

clipped from content4.clipmarks.com Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In North America and Europe, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.