Happy Valentine's Day!

horsin'around · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1260 Location: Stupidville

When was Valentine's day? Shocked

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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

February 14th here in the states, kiddo. How long have you been here and you haven't gotten the holidays right? **gives noogies**
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Tinu. · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject:

I actually forgot it was Valentine's day - even though I helped people shop for their significant others on Friday. I didn't remember until my friend called me and I was like "Oh yeah, today's her birthday . . . and valentine's day."

I also failed to notice that there was a Friday the 13th. >>;
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

Not that it would register for you, but the new Jason movie came out on Friday the 13th. Hur hur hur, dramatic advertising, hur hur hur. ::hits self::

Valentines Day, heh.
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Allicat · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:25 pm Post subject:

I may be one of the few women in countries that support it who didn't want a Valentine's from her significant other. It's my sister's birthday so I'd rather make it her day. I told my man this and he still got me a card. D'awwwww! Forgot to send it though. Typical!
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theBSDude · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

Heh, my cousin has a Valentines birthday, too.
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Tinu. · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

So does my friend. This affliction is more common than I supposed. =o
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Allicat · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject:

I know 3 people who were Valentine's babies.
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horsin'around · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1260 Location: Stupidville

I always miss holidays...*scowls* You are all my retrospective valentines!

I missed Christmas two years ago. Literally, no one remembered. And I'm a Christian! *feels terrible* But the past is the past!

Friday the 13th is an unlucky day...my nephew flipped an ATV and broke his ankle, foolish boy! And I had to take him to the ER. *grumbles*
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theBSDude · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject:

Ooh-ooh! You reminded me: this year we have Friday the 13th two months in a row.
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horsin'around · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1260 Location: Stupidville

When is the second one? I'm too lazy to check my calendar.
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theBSDude · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject:

Next month (March). February is exactly 4 weeks long.
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Tinu. · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject:

I'll remember to ignore it and it's superstition. Friday the 13th is never a really bad day for me. Most of the time it's just average, and often it's very good.

I should start worrying about Tuesday the 12th for a change. Wink

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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

But Christmas has very little to do with Christian religion other than sharing a name, and some hastily applied religious connotation to a pagan holiday...

From recollection (as I'm in no position to do the research atm), Christ's actual birthday according to biblical scholars would fall somewhere in the first half of the year. Closer to summer, I think. May? Anyway, I don't remember exactly.

December 25th was a pagan holiday though, adapted to the Christian religion during the Council of Nicaea (I think it was).

I'll do more research on this from work tonight, if I can remember. Suffice to say though, most "Christian" holidays weren't very Christian when they began. That's not to say that you can't use them to celebrate Christ, just that being Christian and observing Christmas really don't have much to do with one another...

"Not through acts alone", or something like that.
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horsin'around · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1260 Location: Stupidville

You make me feel so ignorant! It's a good thing...expanding one's knowledge base, doncha know.

But seriously mate; don't bother researching it. You're busy enough as it is. If I'm interested enough, I'll research it. Wink

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