Valentine’s Day Is A Commercial Holiday Invented By Hallmark Cards
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Valentine’s Day Is A Commercial Holiday Invented By Hallmark Cards
Ok, so when was Valentine’s Day invented?
Seriously.
If I type “When was Valentine’s Day invented?” in Google, I get this:
496
The first Valentine’s Day was in the year 496! Having a particular Valentine’s Day is a very old tradition, thought to have originated from a Roman festival. The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February – officially the start of their springtime.
But a careful read shows the use of the term ” thought to have originated from”, which is another way of saying “We really don’t know at all.” Okay.
Then I see “What is Valentine’s Day and how did it start?”..
I get “It’s the day when people show their affection for another person or people by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love…The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he was. The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD.”
Wait. “The popular belief “? In other words, more statements of uncertainty.
Keep looking and all you get is madness and uncertainty. But one thing is certain: Valentines Day cards were invented to give a way to show one how much they loved their significant other. Hallmark founder J.C. Hall began selling Valentine’s Day postcards in 1910, and the first Valentine’s Day cards go back to the mid-1800s. Basically, the industry of greeting card making gave rise to the marking of Valentine’s Day, and as much as a need to have a reason to make the cards for sale. Pushing the existence of Valentine’s Day created a market for the cards, flowers, and candies that fly out of stores and to loved ones annually.
So, you can thank Hallmark for Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s a simple answer, but I’m following Occam’s Razor here:
The simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities.
Stay tuned.
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