Article: WHETHER YOU LOVE IT OR NOT, IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY.(News)

Article: Valentine: Foreign Culture Here to Stay.
Africa News Service;  February 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world, Valentine's Day, mostly appeals to the youth ... Play - Romeo and Juliet. The mood for Valentine's Day which occurs annually on February ... by business houses throughout Zambia. Valentine cards, gifts, clothes, food and other ...

Article: Valentine's Day tradition at heart of this crafty class
Sun, The: Wheaton (IL);  February 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Victorian-Era valentines on Feb. 10 ... Little did St. Valentine know what ... elaborate valentines were three ... If the valentine was homemade ... conduct the valentine program at ... Victorian valentines were cutouts ...

Article: 'Valentines for Veterans' is designed to boost troop ...
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  February 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... deployment in Iraq. The Valentines for Veterans project ... shows its heart on Valentine's Day. Each ... tie the knot on Valentine's Day at a special ... shaped steaks. The Valentines for Veterans program ... commander and a Valentine native, when he ... got involved in Valentines for Veterans ...

Article: VALENTINE'S DATES AND DISASTERS
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... with my mom and missed Valentine's. So when we got ... 16, remember giving valentines in elementary school ... forgot to bring in my valentines' mailbox I made and ... wouldn't get any valentines!" Of course, there ... 14, remembers a Valentine's Day that was a ...

Article: Valentine's Day traditions change over time, U. South ...
University Wire;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... letter became the first valentine -- a sentimental or ... sweetheart on Saint Valentine's Day -- as defined ... humorous aspect to valentines started when they became ... Web site. Sending valentines eventually became popular ... the first American valentine in 1849, more than ...

Article: Some Valentines can't escape holiday
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... your name were Valentine, could you? I was betting that the Valentines in the Waukesha ... her family, not Valentines in general. On Valentine's Day night ... restaurant you're the Valentines on Valentine's Day. "They ...

Article: Valentines have their day ; Traditions bloom, from ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  February 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Women purchase 85 percent of all valentines. In order of popularity, Valentine's Day cards are given to teachers ... Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines. About 3 percent of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets ...