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Originally Posted by TheDragon
For me, being cynical of our highly consumerist society, Valentine's (as Venus pointed out) has little to do with the actual intent of what the holiday was intended for...
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Well... the article I linked to says:
Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love."
So maybe that is what the original intent was...
