If you hadn’t noticed, it’s Valentine’s Day. Whatever your relationship status – single, attached, happily unavailable or anything in-between – you are special. And you don’t need a certain day to remind you of that. Celebrate yourself, every day. 🥰
But … Happy Valentine’s Day from Gill & Nikki (whether you’re a ‘believer’ or not) ❤️❤️❤️
The origin of this day, when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts, is as follows. Given their similarities, it’s been suggested the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. This festival celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I forbid the celebration of Lupercalia and is sometimes attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best.
To read more on the subject, see our source: https://www.britannica.com/
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