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SWEETS
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Depending on the time of
day, one may find a similar
line of Valentine givers at the
University Bookstore, eagerly
awaiting the purchase of their
chosen chocolate
"Aren't all women choco
holics?" asked Matt Herbert,
University graduate, when
questioned if he thought the
majority of women adored
chocolate "I bought my girl
friend chocolate for Valen
tine's Day last year, and I'll
probably do the same this
year, too."
Good idea After a while,
some people become creative
with their gifts of chocolate
and really take it to the ex
treme According to Jenny
Alkire, Euphoria Chocolate
employee, a customer recent
ly requested to have a gold
necklace wrapped in plastic
and disguised as a truffle
Another legend of choco
late that has a more historical
perspective is featured in
Mexican mythology Accord
ing to the sacred traditions of
the Indians of Mexico, Quet
zalcoatl. the god of the air,
was sent to introduce man to
the seeds of the "quacahault"
or cacao tree, in order for the
tree to produce food for Ihe
gods
Quetzalcoatl was responsi
ble for all the clear skies and
sweet air, so when he in
curred the wrath of one of the
principle gods and was forced
to leave the country, the peo
pie erected a statue in his
HISTORY
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exist until 1843
In 496 A.D , Pope Gelasius
named Feb 14 as St Valen
tine's Day In Norman French,
the word galantin is pro
nounced similarly to valentine
and means "gallant" or
"lover " The resemblance may
have have caused people to
think of Saint Valentine as the
patron saint of sweethearts
and lovers — yet another link
to the holiday's theme
The Feb 14 date coincided
with the ancient Roman feast
for the goddess Juno, wife of
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Heart-shaped boxes ot chocolate and balloons are just
one of the traditional Valentine's Day gifts.
honor which awaits his return.”
With these myths in mind,
proceed with caution this Val
entine’s Day Be cautious of
the arrival of Quetzalcoatl
Jupiter and the queen of
Heaven. The highlight of the
festival was the lottery. Young
girls wrote their names on
slips of paper and the boys
drew the names from a drum
The girl whose name was
drawn by the boy became his
sweetheart, or valentine, for
the year
The church attempted to
Christianize the lottery by
substituting the names of
saints for the girts The boys
were then expected to match
their lives to that of the saint
whose name they had drawn.
The drawing eventually went
back to the choosing of girls
By the 19th century, people
were no longer satisfied with
having sweethearts randomly
chosen on Valentine s Day
They began sending a gift, a
card, or a bit of poetry, some
times with great and elaborate
passion, to their objects of af
fections, a tradition greatly
spurred by a lowered postage
rate
In 1797, The Young Man's
bringing more virtuous
sweets, and even more, be
ware of chocolate-covered
Mercedes
— Kristin Genzer
Valentine Writer, a handbook
equivalent to a modern day
Valentine Writing for the Com
plete Klutz, was published to
help tongue-tied Romeos.
There was a certain amount of
privacy of valentines by mail,
which were often written
anonymously. It could both
augment the fantasy of the
"secret admirer," and help out
a lad stricken with shyness.
From the mid-1800s to the
early 20th century, Americans
and British began sending sa
tirical valentines called "pen
ny dreadfuls " They sold for a
penny and contained insulting
or vulgar verses It was just
one more link in the chain
leading up to our contempo
rary Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles and Michael Jordan
valentines
Seriously ... they actually
have Michael Jordan valen
tines now
— Gary Hah
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