Erik Mona Day
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Relique du Madde
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Sorry Mustrum, but those two holidays originally had a religious contextes.
Valentines day was named after a one of two Christian Martyrs (there were two Saint Valentines)... It's unknown how it got attributed to romance during the 14th century. However, I'm pretty sure it had to do with relic based superstition (If you go to Saint Valentines church on so-and-so and kiss his (thigh) bone you will become a virile).
Mother's day has pagan roots and basically is a celebration of a pantheon's mother goddess.
If anything I think you should have asked "How did International Talk Like A Pirate Day" get introduced since that's the best analogy to what you were saying.
RangerWickett
Legend
Relique, I bet you got that information off Wikipedia, huh?
*winks* See? See how easy it is? This so-called "Mother's Day" didn't even exist before 2006.
*winks* See? See how easy it is? This so-called "Mother's Day" didn't even exist before 2006.
WhatGravitas
Explorer
How about 2/29 ?
MichaelSomething
Legend
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Nope
I knew about Saint Valentine as a result of having to research a saint in Catholic School back before the internet as we know it existed (1988). My comment on Mother's day was a guess based on reading Ovid's Fasti during a course on comparative mythology (back in 2000) and knowledge that several pagan celebrations were often reconfigured/rethemed to match Christian celebrations.
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The second of .... blueberrytober?
