Happy Valetine's Day everyone! As you can imagine, my post today will be dedicated to this holiday. Here is so cool info about this very old holiday. Short and sweet.
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later 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"). 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.
More info can be found here - pretty cool stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day#Legends
I have decided to include a pic from every Valentine's Day Keeton and I have spent together. Starting in 2007. I am missing 2008 though - boo!!! Not sure what happened there.
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| 2007 - Our 1st Valentines!!! |
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| 2009 |
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| 2010 - the weekend Keeton also proposed |
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| 2011 |
