This interesting and quite antiquated article from 1868 shows that St. Valentine's Day has been around for a mighty long time. Here's an interesting personal aside. When I was a boy those many years ago, it was the custom in our neighborhood to procure ten or twenty cents worth of "penny" valentines, address them to the one(s) you love, and other kids in the neighborhood, and then.......we would walk around the neighborhood, slip the valentine(s) under the recipient's door, ring the bell or knock on the door, and disappear silently into the night. That charming custom has gone by the wayside. Indeed, I believe it died in the mid to late 1940's. Today, "e-cards" replace the quaint custom aforementioned. Alas, the computer is taking away our humanity, and replacing it with hi-tech customs!
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
1868: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
This interesting and quite antiquated article from 1868 shows that St. Valentine's Day has been around for a mighty long time. Here's an interesting personal aside. When I was a boy those many years ago, it was the custom in our neighborhood to procure ten or twenty cents worth of "penny" valentines, address them to the one(s) you love, and other kids in the neighborhood, and then.......we would walk around the neighborhood, slip the valentine(s) under the recipient's door, ring the bell or knock on the door, and disappear silently into the night. That charming custom has gone by the wayside. Indeed, I believe it died in the mid to late 1940's. Today, "e-cards" replace the quaint custom aforementioned. Alas, the computer is taking away our humanity, and replacing it with hi-tech customs!
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