The only good memories I have of Valentine's Day are the school parties we used to have when I was very young. I went to a three room school house in the WV coalfields. We always addressed our cards to all our classmates and had a party, with cake or something like that. One year, I remember, I had run out of cards and had one student's name left, so I had this big, special card I used for him. He was like "Pigpen" in the Peanuts cartoons. This was probably around my 4th grade year.
I do recall he looked over at me in disbelief as he opened that card.

Other than that memory, Valentine's Day has never meant anything to me.
Patty