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Article: Valentine's Day origins are uncertain.(Neighbor)

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February 14, 2003
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Byline: Beth Sneller Daily Herald Staff Writer

As much as it tries to promote love and romance, Valentine's Day can cause conflict, too.

Those without a mate are often made to feel there's something wrong with being single. Meanwhile, couples are thrust into the position of having to find the "perfect" gift for their valentine.

Inevitably, the same argument surfaces again and again, with half of a couple dismissing the day as a Hallmark holiday, and the other insisting it's historic - referring, of course, to the legendary St. Valentine.

Well, legendary in theory, anyway.

Ask anyone shopping for a Valentine's Day card who St. ...

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