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Image result for valentine day horrorEvery year on the 14th of February there are hearts, cupid, ballons and chocolate are thrown  everywhere you can't go anywhere without seeing red this and pink that. But have you ever thought of how all of this came about? what is the history? Some sources believe that the catholic church decided to christianize the actually pagan celebration of Lupercalia , a fertility festival dedicated to Fanus a roman god. Is this holiday as sweet and lovely as we really think?



Image result for valentine day paganAccording to one source, ''members of the Luperci, a group of several roman priest',would come together at a sacred cave where Romulus and Remus the founders of Rome and would sacrifice a goat for fertility, and a dog for purification'' (History of valentines day) . I know you're probably thinking what the hell is this, but this is not it. Then they would skin the animals and dip them in their own sacrificial blood and whip women with it. The women actually believed that it would make them fertile according to another source.


Another source says The catholic church were of course not fond of the sacrifices, the blood, gruesome and the people acting like hulligans who have no sense. Pope Gelasus created a holiday that was first a pagan holiday which was pretty obvious. That wasn't so christian and holy of them was it? How did something so dark and bloody turn in love and kisses we were all thinking this right. According to the same source, the middle ages believed that February was the beginning of birds mating season which lead to the thought of romance (Allan, Patrick The real history of valentine's day) . The article that appealed to me the most was " The real history of valentines day'' Because this article did not sugar coat anything and talked about the real dark side history of valetines day.



What were such christian people doing trying to erase the real history of the dark sided tradition into something it was not since the beginning. Are we living in a facade?



Sources: History of Valentine’s Day.” HISTORY, https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2. Accessed 11 Feb. 2020.

 The Real History of Valentine’s Day.” Lifehacker, https://lifehacker.com/the-real-history-of-valentines-day-1822975633. Accessed 11 Feb. 2020.



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  1. JerrelFebruary 18, 2020 at 10:07 AM

    good thesis, images conclusion. did very well supporting evidence and citing sources. only thing is you didn’t mention what article appealed the most to you

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