Are you looking for someone to blame for being forced to go all mushy on 14th February? Or perhaps you're enjoying it...a little bit. Hey, no judgment. There's still a romantic even in the coldest of hearts. This article originally appeared in: http://www.theofficesuppliessupermarket.com/articles/why-do-we-celebrate-valentines-day

1. Why do we celebrate Valentine's day?

2. Every year on ♥February the 14th♥, a strange tradition called
“Valentine’s Day” forces all the men of the world to attempt to
be romantic for once. If there weren’t enough hints already on
billboards, in the newspaper and on the TV, you can bet their
better halves will be pushing for a nice meal out and a box of
chocolates.
But why do we have this strange celebration? Who was this
“Valentine” fella and why do we eat more chocolate than we
should? We’ve just gone on a diet, why ruin it now?

3. ♥WHO WAS ST VALENTINE?♥

4. There are many stories as to how it all started and indeed, who
St Valentine was. However, the most popular one is that he
was a Roman priest who lived around the third century AD.
In those days, the emperors had some pretty odd ideas on how
to best keep their troops in line and fit for ransacking
neighbouring countries. At this time, Emperor Claudius II
banned marriage because he thought his troops were better
being single. I imagine he thought marriage made them softer
and less angry. How things change…

6. Anyway, Valentine thought this was very unfair. Again, the cynical
would imagine that it’s because he’s losing a lot of church
revenue, but let’s stay on the romantic theme for a while
longer. In order to chill the troops out, he arranged for
marriages to take place in secret.
Claudius found out about it and threw our hero in jail. Not only
that, he sentenced him to death. They didn’t bother with
inefficient courts in those days, what the emperor said,
happened.

8. Turns out jail doesn’t stop the power of love (cue music) and
while in jail he fell for the jailer’s daughter. This guy didn’t
know when to stop.
He got took to be separated from his head on February the 14th.
Makes sense now doesn’t it? Not only that, legend has it that
he wrote a note to his lover and signed it “From your
Valentine”.

10. So, when you sign off your card to your wife, fiancée or the girl in
accounts, you’re essentially celebrating the beheading of a
Roman priest.

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