by Mike Usinger on February 14th, 2021 at 11:20 AM
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As celebrations go it might be the most wonderfully warped one not named Halloween, at least where the origins of Valentine’s Day are concerned.
Today, we know February 14 as that time when we think nothing of blowing $50 on a box of chocolates. (Artisanal of course, because rightly or wrongly, a dozen Turtles don’t say “I love you”. Instead, they say “I picked these up at Shopper’s Drug Mart, along with the lube and condoms). It’s also a day for dropping double that on flowers, an added bonus being you can walk along the street with a giant bouquet without everyone thinking “Somebody clearly slept on the couch last night”.