In 2024, Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight due to a calendar collision of events — it’s Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)FILE – A Mexican mariachi band surrounded by ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD, and the rest is this history.

As culture shifted with time, so did Valentine's Day and gift-giving began in the 14th century, Lenski said. The holiday grew more secular as people of that time seemed to consider the day about ...

Americans are projected to spend $25.8 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation. More than half of consumers plan to celebrate and will spend an average ...

The Valentine's Day we know – full of love, candy and flowers – is very different from the holiday at its origin. Its roots derive from Christianity, the History Channel reports.

Valentine's Day is upon us; whether you’re hitched, on Hinge, poly, curious, or conscientiously abstaining, love is in the air, and the heart-shaped holiday is thick in the collective ether.

These days, Valentine's Day is not just celebrated in the United States, but in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia, too. February 14 is a way millions across the globe ...