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1. Valentine's Day
   The origins of Valentine's Day are uncertain. Many experts believe that it originated with Lupercalia, a Roman celebration honoring the wolves Romulus and Remus. During this festival, young men struck women with a goatskin hide called a februa. Receiving the blows was thought to make women more fertile and to ease childbirth. At Lupercalia, the names of all the young women in the city were placed in a box. Young men drew a name from the box and the couple would be paired until the next Lupercalia.
2. Valentine's Day -- Gifts
   Selecting a Valentine's Day gift can be a very tough job as it is not always easy to find a gift that is romantic and unique, and really conveys the depth of your love. There are a variety of romantic Valentines day gifts available in the market but in order to be different you have to give a unique gift. Romantic Valentine's day gifts can be great fun to shop for but you should start looking for ideas well before Valentine's Day or you will have to rush
3. Valentine's Day -- Love
   Many couples go to the theater on Valentine's Day. If you're reasonably sure your sweetie is going to say yes, call the theater in advance to see if you can propose on stage. Look for a play or musical that has a weddings or love theme. The stage manager should be able to assist you in planning something theatrical and memorable. Don't forget to buy tickets early as Valentine's Day is a popular evening. A variant on this is to buy an ad at your movie theater that will show before the previews begin.
4. Valentine's Day -- Cards
   In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates ... contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s.
5. Valentine's Day -- People
   The Valentine's Day radio advertising campaign this year ran in more than 110 cities in all 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii. Each ad offered the convenience of both a toll free number and the popular website address for people to place orders. Radio and the internet continue to be very effective and complementary channels to reach the company's customer who tends to be a last minute shopper. Over 35% of Valentine's Day orders were placed online.
6. Valentine's Day -- Holiday
   BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day http://www.delaflowers.com/ is asking you to think twice about sending yellow roses. Choose your colors wisely this holiday, as yellow roses could send the wrong message! Up and coming Texas county artist, Karly, is ... spreading the word with her latest single, "Yellow Roses". In honor of this initiative, deLaFlowers presents the blossom of the Karly Bouquet.
7. Valentine's Day -- Flowers
   ATLANTA, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day, forgo the chocolates and the flowers, the balloons and cuddly stuffed animals, and even the fancy night out on the town. Give your special someone a gift that will make their heart ring long after Cupid puts down his arrows, the new Motorola Pink RAZR from Cingular Wireless.
8. Sweetest Day
   -- The Sweet Spot: Only one in three adults are aware that Sweetest Day was founded by candy makers in Cleveland as an act of goodwill. -- Chocolate Covered Confusion: Nearly one in five adults (20 percent) mistakenly believe that Sweetest Day was founded by greeting card manufacturers, while 13 percent believe it was founded by a floral company. -- Nuts About Chocolate: Forty-six percent of Americans agree that nuts are their favorite chocolate-covered food. About the Jeep Brand
9. Mothers Day
   To select the Mothers Day graphics code, you can click on the yellow textbox area. This will highlight and select the image code. Copy the code (IE press CRTL+C) to your clipboard. Then Paste (IE press CRTL+V) the code into your website form. New updated Mothers Day images for your profile, daily updates get more Mothers Day graphics by selecting the other page links in this Mothers Day section.
10. Last Days -- Characters
    Last Days ... features two original compositions by lead actor Michael Pitt, an acoustic song entitled "Death to Birth", an electric jam called "That Day", as well as another piece, "Untitled", by fellow actor Lukas Haas. The character of Scott listens to "Venus in Furs" by the Velvet Underground in the living room scene. Blake, in one lengthy sequence, absently watches a music video for the song, "On Bended Knee" by the band Boyz II Men on a television. Incidentally the Velvet Underground's "Venus In Furs" features a lyric that refers to the line, "On Bended Knee". Pitt's character is also shown writing with his left hand but playing guitar right-handed, in contrast to Cobain's left-handed guitar playing.

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