As you know February 14th, Valentine’s Day marks the date for the celebration of “love”. The history of this holiday is Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts.
Valentine’s Day has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of Spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century.
Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day may have taken its name from a priest who was martyred about 270 CE by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, the priest signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, by some accounts, healed from blindness. Other accounts hold that it was St. Valentine of Terni, a bishop, for whom the holiday was named, though it is possible the two saints were actually one person. Another common legend states that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. It is for this reason that his feast day is associated with love. (The New Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica)
We have many items reduced in price that might fit into your selections of choice. Take a look at both selections of our April Classical and Little Ginger April vases. Another selection that would be a lovely gift is our Big Thirsty Gold lined Cups….maybe you’d like to fill and sit down and have a quiet moment with a cup of your favorite hot chocolate? We also have a beautifully interesting Bougie candles or our Igloo’s DeNuit, which means “by night”.
We at Miller Design hope love spreads throughout the world, which will bring peace to all people. We wish you all a love filled holiday on February 14th and every day…….Happy Valentine’s Day! XOX
