The Dark Origins Of Valentine's Day

[strife]

"From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain. The Roman romantics "were drunk. They were naked," says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile..."

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[Farani]

Valentine's Day sales reached $17.6 billion last year; this year's sales are expected to total $18.6 billion.

That's insane!
Thanks for the article. Very interesting.

 

[torin]

That's fascinating stuff, I remember a professor of mine mentioning something about this years ago. Thanks for the read.

 

[Treinenwj]

Hmm, I wonder if that's where "I'd hit that" comes from??

 

[Nickerson]

Hmm, I wonder if that's where "I'd hit that" comes from??

HAHA. I literally laughed out loud.

It's funny how the meaning of holidays change over time. My favorite is Easter. The day Jesus arose from the dead we celebrate with a bunny who brings people chocolates and we paint eggs. Christmas, the day Jesus was born is now about a fat guy in a red suit who brings you presents.

Never the less I will honor the origins of Valentines day by slapping women.

:togetherl

 

[messerjocke2000]

HAHA. I My favorite is Easter. The day Jesus arose from the dead we celebrate with a bunny who brings people chocolates and we paint eggs.

Actually, the celtic spring festival probably was used as a template for the christian easter holiday.
Hence the bunny and egg, both pretty obvious fertility symbols...:grin:

Hmm, i wonder if a can just use our cat as is to whip my wife or if i HAVE to skin it first... Cat may not actually approve of that though.