Article: SEARCHING FOR LOVE.(Editorial)(Editorial)

English author R. Chambers, writing in the 1883 edition of his "The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities," observed of Feb. 14:

"Valentine's Day is now almost everywhere a much degenerated festival, the only observance of any note consisting merely of the sending of jocular anonymous letters ... and this confined very much to the humbler classes."

It is a good thing that R. does not have to get a Valentine's Day reservation on short notice to take Mrs. Chambers to dinner. He wildly misunderestimated the staying power of a day dedicated to candy, romance and other food.

And we don't "merely" send letters, anonymous or otherwise. We ...

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