Category Archives: Valentine's Day 2009

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Valentine’s Day Traditions

In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as Valentine’s Day gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, “You unlock my heart!”
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would [...]