Valentines Day is upon us and time is running out to get your plans in place for the big occasion.
Here’s all you need to know about the annual celebration of love and what you can do this year.
When is Valentine’s Day 2022?
Valentines Day is celebrated annually on February 14.
In 2022, the celebration of love will be held on a Monday.
While it is recognised as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance in many regions around the world, it is not a public holiday in any country.
Why is Valentine’s Day always on February 14?
The holiday’s roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15.
The festival also officially marked the start of their springtime.
It’s thought that as part of the celebrations, boys would draw the names of girls from a box, and from then, they’d be partnered during the festival and sometimes go on to get married.
Pope Gelasius I then recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day around the year 496, declaring February 14 to be Saint Valentine’s Day.
Saint Valentine’s name has since been used by people to express feelings of love.
