Saint Valentine was beheaded on February 14th. He felt that their hearts belongs to him and the wars he waged and that love and marriage would only cloud their judgement. A priest named Valentine secretly married lovers and when he was caught he was sentenced to death. While in prison awaiting his execution he fell in love with the jailer's daughter. Another thought is that it was believed that birds would begin to pair and mate on February 14th.
Card giving stems back to when English settlers first arrived in the United States.
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