Early 20th century Valentine's Day card. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Jennifer Lankheim, Staff Writer, SAP.info
The first recorded association of Valentine’s Day with romantic love is a verse about mating birds in the poem Parlement of Foules, penned by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1382.
Fast-forward 400 years to Victorian England. By this time, it’s common for friends and lovers to personally exchange handwritten notes on V-Day. Around 1900, The DIY Victorian valentine was supplanted by....