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Kelly, Henry Ansgar, Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine (Brill Academic Publishers, 1997), ISBN 90-04-07849-5. Chapter 6 The Genoese St. Valentine, p. 80–83. things you probably didn't know about St Dwynwen's Day". Wales Online. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018 . Retrieved February 13, 2018.

Sometimes sibling relationships are hard, but these poems can help to make Valentine’s Day a happy day for you and your brother or sister. Dragobete 's Day – Celebrating love in the Romanian style". Romania Tours. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016 . Retrieved March 2, 2016.The celebration of Valentine's Day has been banned in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia due to beliefs the holiday conflicts with Islamic culture. [112] Korea rivals U.S. in romantic holidays". Archived from the original on February 17, 2009 . Retrieved February 15, 2009. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link), Centre Daily Times, February 14, 2009.

Kyrou, Alexandros K. (February 14, 2015). "The Historical and Orthodox Saint Valentine". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016 . Retrieved February 12, 2016. In most Latin American countries, for example, Costa Rica, [93] Mexico, [94] and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, Saint Valentine's Day is known as Día de los Enamorados ('Day of Lovers') [95] or as Día del Amor y la Amistad ('Day of Love and Friendship'). It is also common to see people perform "acts of appreciation" for their friends. [96] Guinness World Records 2017. Guinness World Records. September 8, 2016. p.90. ISBN 9781910561348. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023 . Retrieved September 20, 2021. Richard Cadbury, eldest son of John Cadbury who founded the now iconic brand, was the first chocolate-maker to commercialize the association between confectionery and romance, producing a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in 1868

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In the United States, the first mass-produced Valentines of embossed paper lace were produced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828–1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts. [76] [77] Her father operated a large book and stationery store, but Howland took her inspiration from an English Valentine she had received from a business associate of her father. [78] [79] Intrigued with the idea of making similar Valentines, Howland began her business by importing paper lace and floral decorations from England. [79] [80] Ed Zahniser lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he co-founded The Good News Paper in 1979 and still serves as poetry editor. He was a founding editor of Some of Us Press in Washington DC in the 1970s, when he worked as assistant editor at The Wilderness Society. Recent books include Mall-Hopping with the Great I AM (Somondoco Press, 2006), At Betty’s Restaurant Thomas Shepherd Loves Danske Dandridge and the Shepherdstown Sonnets (Four Seasons Books, 2014), and At the End of the Self-Help Rope: Poems by Ed Zahniser (Scarith Press, February 2016).

Springer, Kate (February 13, 2012). "Valentine's Day Traditions Around the World". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018 . Retrieved February 13, 2018. However, in 2017 and 2018, after a fatwa was widely circulated, the religious police did not prevent Muslims from celebrating the day. [168] In 2018, Sheikh Ahmed Qasim Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi cleric and former president of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said that Valentine's Day is not haram and is compatible with Islamic values. [169] [170] SingaporeLeigh Eric Schmidt, "The Commercialization of the calendar: American holidays and the culture of consumption, 1870–1930" Journal of American History 78.3 (December 1991) pp 890–98. Laura Seddon (1996). Victorian Valentines: A Guide to the Laura Seddon Collection of Valentine Cards in Manchester Metropolitan University Library. Manchester Metropolitan University. ISBN 9780901276544. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014 . Retrieved November 8, 2013.