According to wiki: "The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer:
'For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate].'
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381.
On the liturgical calendar, May 2 is the saints' day for Valentine of Genoa. This St. Valentine was an early bishop of Genoa who died around AD 307. Readers incorrectly assumed that Chaucer was referring to [the more well-known] February 14 as Valentine's Day. However, mid-February is an unlikely time for birds to be mating in England."
Aside from the fact that Chaucer talked funny, if this wiki-fact is true, we are completely mistaken in celebrating love on February 14th. Then again, it's freakin' cold and miserably gray out, so we may as well celebrate something.
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