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

Men, I guarantee you that regardless if you’ve been married 40 years and never acknowledged Valentine’s Day once in all that ...

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

February the Fourteenth has been a day to give love to others in the name of Saint Valentine. But who is he? Is Valentine's a religious holiday…or Pagan all the way? Where did chocolate come in? Who’s ...

Roses have long been the flower of choice for the holiday, but some see an opening for the humble tulip.

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Many legends claim to explain the origins of Valentine’s Day, but as is the case with legends, they leave many questions ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

During the Victorian era, the concept of floriography, or the language of flowers, grew. So, what message do you want to send ...

Although it is one of his lesser-known verses, it inspired the name of the protagonist in Flourished Peony, a popular costume ...

Flowers and chocolates on Valentine's Day are fine — but sometimes you want to go bigger. Bigger, however, is not always ...