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Be My Valentine.(Brief Article)

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From: Saturday Evening Post
Date: 20010101
Author:STODDARD, MAYNARD GOOD

Celebrating the day designed to let affection show, even for the shy lover happily emboldened to present a card or maybe a box of bonbons before scurrying off to await results.

Perhaps Jerome K. Jerome penned it best in On Being in Love: "Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it." And one of the favorite opportunities for this love bug to bite comes on Valentine's Day.

A "valentine," as explained in one dictionary, is "a card or gift sent, often anonymously, as a mark of love or affection, on St. Valentine's Day. A sweetheart chosen on this day."

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