I hope you all have enjoyed a pleasant Valentine's day. I have learned some interesting information about Valentine's day which I'm going to share with you, because otherwise I would need to think of something original to write about. Before you get misled into thinking that I spent the day doing serious research, i must admit that I got it all from my page-a-day trivia calendar. Did you know that the first know written mention of St. Valentine's Day as a day of romantic celebration is from a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer called "Parliament of Fowls." It was written sometime between 1380 and 1390. Translated into more modern English the line reads "For this was on St. Valentine's Day when every foul comes there to choose his mate." Evidently, during the Middle Ages, February 14 was seen as the beginning of bird mating season.
Maybe that's where we get the idea of love birds? When I was digging through some long neglected boxes looking for old pictures before our high school reunion last fall, I came across the topper for our wedding cake (some things you never throw away) and it is two white 'love birds' framed in a heart. Isn't that a sweet Valentine memory?
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