In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

The Japanese practice of women gifting sweets to men on Feb 14 can be traced to a specific event held in February 1958, when ...

An official at the registry said that since New Year's Day, their office alone had seen over 400 couples get marriage ...

Married couples in Luliang are given 2,000 yuan for their first registered child, 5,000 for their second and 8,000 for their ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Animal shelters and zoos around the country are encouraging little cathartic avenues for revenge Valentine's Day 2025.

On this Valentine’s Day, we thought we would play a special edition of the game Deal Breakers. Is Cupid bringing some of us together this ...

With a combination of tenacity, creativity and vulnerability, some Catholics are finding ways to work around common obstacles ...

About 2 in 10 U.S. adults say “outdated” describes the holiday extremely or very well, while about 3 in 10 say it describes ...

Valentine’s Day combination, as the Norwegian great took himself off the market as the most eligible former world chess ...