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From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday

Why Is Valentine’s Day Celebrated? The Dark Truth About This Holiday Might Surprise You

Every year on Valentine’s Day, couples express their affection toward each other by exchanging cards, boxes of chocolate, and other gifts. There’s a running joke that the holiday was created by greeting-card or candy companies,

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Greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day? Here's the holiday's history

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

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The history of Valentine's Day: From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday

Feb. 14th is all about romance and love! Whether you're celebrating it with a partner, friends, or family, here's what you should know about its history.

Valentine's Day, Movies & TV

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Valentine's Day Streaming: New Movies and TV Shows to Set the Mood

Scott Michael Foster and Janel Parrish star in this Hallmark movie about a pair of co-workers who get to know each other when their company implements a return-to-office policy. Up until they meet, they only knew each other under aliases. Stream on Hallmark's live channel on Peacock on Feb. 15 or look out for it on-demand the next day.

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Hallmark Is the Home of Romance, But Which Movies Are About Valentine’s Day? A Guide

Hallmark Channel could easily be renamed the “love channel” based on how many rom-coms it churns out every year — but how many are actually about Valentine’s Day? The network released its first V-Day focused film in 2011 with The Lost Valentine.

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Valentine’s Day is for movie lovers, plus the week’s best films in L.A.

Also this week: "Wild at Heart" in 35mm, another edition of the Nitrate Film Festival kicks off at American Cinematheque and the Michael Roemer renaissance continues.

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We analyzed nearly 600 Hallmark cards. Here’s what we learned

Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolate and picking out the perfect card to express your affection. We analyzed nearly 600 ...

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Dark origins of Valentine's Day: Naked men sacrificing animals, hitting women with hides

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

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Inside the origins of modern Valentine's Day celebrations

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.

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From Valentine to Galatians, the roots of our February 14th celebrations

Hollywood and Hallmark have commercialised Valentine's Day, but its origins were far from flowers, jewellery, chocolates and cards ...

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Take a romantic stroll, use their love language and 8 more good-for-you ways to celebrate your sweetheart this Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s Day, lovers! If you forgot to purchase flowers or that perfect Hallmark card for your sweetheart, we won’t ...

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A ‘Hallmark Holiday’ might be exactly what we need

In a world starved for love that seems to be growing more divided each day, perhaps a “Hallmark Holiday” is exactly what we ...

10 Great Valentine’s Day TV Episodes: ‘The Office,’ ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ and More

With February upon us and love in the air, IndieWire is spotlighting some classic TV installments that show why Valentine’s ...

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Valentine's Day Date Night at Home: Cozy Ideas for 2024

Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year, is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a ...

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