Happy Valentine's Day, February 14

It is celebrated worldwide and named after Saint Valentine. The first Valentine's Day was in the year 496. Emperor Claudius II executed two men, both named Valentine, on Feb. 14 in different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Having a particular Valentine's Day is thought to have originated from a Roman festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February, officially the start of their springtime. Incidentally, Cupid did not come along until the 14th century.

Valentine's Day

February 14 is Valentine’s Day; the second most celebrated holiday around the world, second to New Year’s Day.

Also celebrated on Feb 14 is National Condom Day, originally started on campus at the University of California, Berkeley. It is celebrated every year in California and is designed to raise awareness of safe sex practices and encourage the use of condoms in a humorous, educated way, and to educate people about the serious risks from having unprotected sex.

For the interested few, there are J&D’s Bacon-Flavored Condoms that look like and taste like bacon.

Free Valentine Thought

Valentine's Day

Make some bacon hearts for your special Valentine - or make a valentine for your special bacon.

Sad Presidential Fact

Theodore Roosevelt’s wife and mother died in the same house on the same day, Valentine’s Day 1884. His wife had just given birth to their daughter Alice, and the pregnancy had hidden her kidney disease. He held her for two hours, had to be torn away to see his mother die of typhoid fever, then returned to his wife, who died in his arms.