Posted on 02/09/2007 1:31:15 AM PST by sully777
"...While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial -- which probably occurred around 270 A.D -- others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification.
The boys then sliced the goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. The Roman 'lottery' system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed..."
The old standby and quite silly... J. Geils Band: Love Stinks
From the "Haven't accepted it yet" love song department Gin Blossoms: Till I Hear It From You
Who could ask for more: Love and Italian food?Dean Martin: That's Amore
Flirting with a girl in a silly movie...The Beatles: Hide Your Love Away
My personal all-time favorite love song...The Beatles: Julia
Can you play a girl like a guitar? The Beatles: Another Girl
And finally, this is not a love song but a love of life song Louis Armstrong: Wonderful World
Click the Picture Upper Class Twit of the Year
You do start early.
We're like Carville and Matalin, though in our case we both look like human beings, not just her.
Don't spend ANY money
is code
for
You BETTER spend money.
You got my name and my image...
Are you bringing the sun and some heat with you?
You've got guts...
Some of my favorite Superbowl commercials
http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9aj7X5f1Y (Taco Bell Lions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH7qE7mFoMU&NR (Doritos Check Out Girl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGDLdl4ycM&NR (Sierra Mist Free Comb-over Beard)
Sun yes
Heat no
Sorry to say.
Guess I'll have to stay frozen then...
At least we are up to 2 digits now.
Howdy!
And I love you, too, Sherri--just not in That Way. :)
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