Valentine's Day is a quintessential Hallmark holiday. It was conceived, created and blown out of proportion by florists and chocolate makers. Originally dedicated to the Valentine of Rome, a martyred priest in the Middle Ages, the holiday was later removed from the Christian calendar because there wasn't much to celebrate. Historically, the day had nothing to do with either love or romance, until English poet Geoffrey Chaucer associated the fateful day with a pair of love birds in an obscure 15" Century poem. Chaucer could never have imagined the magnitude of harm he would inflict on mankind, nor could he have guessed that his words would lead to cash registers around the world ringing nonstop on the horrid winter day.
No City For Slow Men, My Funny Valentine, Jason Y. Ng
情人節是典型的賺錢節日。它被花店和巧克力製造商構思、創造和誇大。這個節日最初是為了紀念羅馬一位中世紀殉道的牧師，後來因為沒有什麼值得慶祝的事情而從基督教日曆中刪除。從歷史上看，這一天與愛情或浪漫無關，直到英國詩人Geoffrey Chaucer在一首晦澀的十五世紀詩中將這具影響力的日子與一對愛情鳥聯繫在一起。Chaucer從未想像他會給人們造成如此嚴重的傷害，他也沒有想到，他的話會導致世界各地的收銀機在這個可怕的冬日響個不停。
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