The Backstory: Valentine’s Day: From Blood and Sacrifice to Roses and Chocolates
The Backstory with Patty Steele
February 13, 202610m 52s
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Show Notes
Human attachment is thousands of years old . . but Valentine’s Day started off as a blood soaked Roman pagan fertility festival. The romance element is a pretty recent development. As usual, the Victorians reinvented it, taking it from a bloody sacrifice to roses and Valentine cards.
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