Tuesday, 14 February 2012

St Valentines


You should not need reminding that today is St Valetines day. If you have forgotten until now it is probably too late to redeem yourself. 

Christianity has a tradition of hijacking pagan festivals for it’s own purposes and Christmas and Easter are just two examples. St Valentines is no exception, being a christianised version of the Roman festival of Lupercalia. I would not recommend any young men celebrating in the Roman style. Running through the streets naked and striking young women with blood soaked thongs does not go down too well these days.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 February 2012 at 00:12

    I wouldn't recommend it in Iran!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/iran-valentines-day-ban_n_1276093.html

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  2. x15 February 2012 at 09:54

    Happy Belated Valentines Day to the sexiest blogger around :)Dr Z.

    Rita

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  3. Single Female Doc15 February 2012 at 14:28

    Seeing what punters go through when relationships eventually break down has caused me to adopt the role of a secular celebate village priest.

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  4. Internal Optimist15 February 2012 at 17:42

    Wow, blood soaked thongs - brill idea for next year :)

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