School children exchange cards and often have classroom parties.
There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day.
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Timeline:
496 A.D. – Pope Gelasius I names February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day.
1847 – Esther Howland, of Worchester, Massachusetts, becomes one of the first U.S. manufacturers of valentines.
1868 – The first “chocolate box” is introduced by Richard Cadbury, when he decorates a candy box with a painting of his young daughter holding a kitten in her arms. Cadbury also invented the first Valentine’s Day candy box.
