Valentine’s Day is one of the world’s most commercialised religious holidays – second only perhaps to Christmas. Originally ...

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Arlt, age 98, a lifetime resident of Chaska, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Auburn Manor, on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Georgiana was born to George and Margaret ...

The full moon is shining in through my window as I type this column for Valentine’s Day. It is very early in the morning. Across the street, huge plow trucks are clearing mountainous piles of snow in ...

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• The celebration of Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as a Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then ...

Valentine was executed on February 14 in the year 270 and this date is commemorated as St Valentine’s Day in various ...

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At present, almost 90 per cent of all primary schools have a Catholic ethos and approximately ... “We certainly didn’t cancel Christmas,” says Kelly. “We would never have done carol ...