{"id":2656,"date":"2024-01-21T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thame.net\/discover\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2024-01-21T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T18:04:56","slug":"why-do-we-celebrate-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thame.net\/discover\/why-do-we-celebrate-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was in town this morning looking for Valentine\u2019s Day inspiration and I\u2019m pleased to say our High Street didn\u2019t disappoint! I found lots of things my husband can buy me, haha. I was also wondering why we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day &#8211; so I thought I\u2019d find out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why do we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because people saw an easy way to ramp up sales in a slow Feb after a dead January? I know that\u2019s what the cynical of us think, but Valentine\u2019s Day actually has its roots in Pagan ritual. The \u2018un-Christian\u2019 festival of Lupercalia, also known as the Feast of Lupercal, was held on Feb 15th to ensure the fertility of people, animals and crops for the year ahead. Lupercus being the Roman God of Fertility and Lupus (Latin for Wolf) being connected to the ancient deity who protected herds and the she-wolf who raised Romulus and Remus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the 5th Century, Pope Gelasius declared 14th Feb as Saint Valentine&#8217;s Day to replace the \u2019un-Christian\u2019 festivities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who was Saint Valentine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which one? There were three (or more) Saint Valentines and lots of myths and stories around their life and death. The myths are, well, myths, but all include some level of sympathy, heroism and romanticism. One of the Saint Valentines was said to have sent the first Valentine\u2019s card while imprisoned. Saint Valentine, as well his association with romance and love, <span>is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy and beekeepers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Will you bee my Valentine? Sorry, that was too easy.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Another story is that one of the Valentines secretly defied the Emperor and married couples in secret to spare the husbands from war. There are other stories of healing inside and outside of prison and of persecution when spreading Christianity. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Most stories about each and all of the Valentines end with them having their heads lopped off for defiance of some kind and suffering martyrdom.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church removed St. Valentine from the General Roman Calendar because so little is known about him but he&#8217;s still recognised as a Saint.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Content warning: there are descriptions of animal sacrifice on the following website.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/valentines-day\/history-of-valentines-day-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the Saint Valentine myths and legends on the History Channel website<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Valentine\u2019s roots summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in truth, people have mostly guessed and pieced together pieces of information about the history and roots of our current Valentine\u2019s Day celebration. I personally like the vibes of Lupercalia, the Feast of Lupercal. Mainly because it has the word Feast in it and that sounds right up my street. I think I\u2019ll leave the tradition of animal sacrifice in the past and just continue the new tradition of buying my loved one a card.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Need to buy a Valentine\u2019s Day gift? Shop local!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head into Thame and shop in person.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk\/visit-thame\/eat-drink-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Buy Valentines gifts in Thame\">shopping directory on the Thame Town Council website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in town this morning looking for Valentine\u2019s Day inspiration and I\u2019m pleased to say our High Street didn\u2019t disappoint! I found lots of things my husband can buy me, haha. I was also wondering why we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day &#8211; so I thought I\u2019d find out.\u00a0 Why do we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day? 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