valentine's day links

Sandmessage.com handwrites your personal love or congratulations message on a beautiful Mediterranean beach and sends you a great photo of your message. This personalized picture will be remembered as one of the most romantic gifts ever received.
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Get personalized and novelty candy heart / conversation heart designs on t-shirts and other fun products.
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The Wikipedia entry on the holiday.
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A concise history of the origins of St. Valentine's Day, revealing the link between the foundation of Rome and our modern holiday. The Lupercal festival was pretty outrageous.
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A more detailed explanation of the Lupercalia, from which we get Saint Valentine's Day and the name of the month of February.
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On behalf of Henry V, John Lydgate wrote "The Flower of Courtesy" as a Valentine in praise of the king's wife Catherine in 1420. This is the full text in Middle English with extensive footnotes.
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A simple web-based puzzle game for kids, where the player must reassemble a broken heart from jumbled pieces.
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A quick overview of the traditional meanings of different colors of flowers (not just roses), for anyone looking to buy a floral bouquet.
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A brief article explaining where we get the tradition of "X" meaning "kiss" and "O" meaning "love".
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A fairly extensive collection of love poems. While they are not indexed and many of them are greeting card quality, it still makes for good idle browsing.
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