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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]well, since Valentine's Day is for St. Valentine, I could see there being a problem.  Although, I would probably file it under "get over it."  Halloween and Valentine's are the only holidays they're allowed to talk about, it seems.

Friendship cards, I get, but come on...[/quote]

Seriously?  I dare you to find the religous aspects of Valentine's day.[/quote]

Valentine's day was introduced by a pope in about 500AD to humor Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni - two saints who were martyred for their faith.  In the 14th century the idea of romance was introduced and few people were really celebrating the Valentine saints and it morphed into the Hallmark holiday it is today. Its origins were religious. I am not Catholic but to the best of my knowledge Catholics don't celebrate it as a religious holiday anymore. [/quote]

I'm the first poster--thank you for replying so eloquently before I could.  I didn't say I AGREED that the name should be changed, I was simply saying that there is a religious basis to the holiday, and for some people, that means it has to be out.  Except, you know, I spelled everything correctly.

My kid's school in MCPS has always had Halloween and Valentine's Day (no Fall Festival, etc), but his 1st grade teacher last year brought the focus on friendship and did a lot of friendship activities that day, and encouraged parents to talk about being a good friend, etc., with the kids as part of the holiday.  and I liked that a lot--instead of kids saying "EW! you gave so-and-so a card, ha ha you have a girlfriend now!" it was about "loving" your friends as friends.  [/quote]

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