Valentine’s Day: A Celebration or Obligation?
February 14th is fast approaching. That’s right, boys and girls – Valentine’s Day. Even though we know it today as a holiday created to celebrate love, originally it never had anything to do with hearts, chocolate, or red roses. It was an observance named after Saint Valentine, a Roman priest who was killed in 269 A.D. Originally, the day was noted more for martyrdom and death in the early Christian church rather than life and love[1]. In fact, there were…