One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

Valentine’s Day is a holiday for people worldwide to share their love and affection. But did you ever wonder how the holiday ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is its history darker?

Gifts bring joy. Ideally, to both the giver and the recipient. Valentine's Day is a particularly popular occasion for this. We have found the perfect presents in the world of watches and jewelry. By ...

The full moon is shining in through my window as I type this column for Valentine’s Day. It is very early in the morning. Across the street, huge plow trucks are clearing mountainous piles of snow in ...

Valentine's Week is one of the most awaited periods of the year for many people, especially young adults. It is a week of ...

I’m trying to read more in 2025, and so I talked to readers around the office. Here’s what I learned from our team that finished over 400 books in 2024.

When the emperor converted to Christianity, many of the holidays common to Roman society received a makeover. A prisoner ...

In 1936, a Press headline blared on Saturday, Feb. 15, 1936, that Machine Gun McGurn was gunned down by the Bugsy Moran gang in Chicago. It was to become known as the Valentine's Day Massacre. The gun ...

You won’t find many secret admirers on Valentine’s Day in South Africa, which is actually celebrated on Feb. 15 in honor of the Roman festival Lupercalia. That’s because some women will ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...

• The celebration of Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as a Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then ...