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February 29: Leap Day. This month, February has something you won’t see again for four years. This is a leap year and it has an extra day—a leap day. Instead of the usual 28 days, this year, February will have 29 days, and you won’t see that again until 2024. Why is there an extra day? Leaps of Love: In the 19th century, Valentine’s Day cards in the United States and Britain began capitalizing on the tradition of “Leap Day”—the one day, every four years, when proper February 14 – Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day! This tradition dates back to the Middle Ages, when people exchanged love notes in honor of St. Valentine. Today, it’s a major celebration of romance, with flowers, chocolates, and heartfelt gestures. February 19 – Presidents’ Day (Third Monday in February) Leap Day, on February 29, has been a day of traditions, folklore and superstitions ever since Leap Years were first introduced by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago. Gloves can hide a naked ring finger. When Is the Next Leap Day? The next leap day is February 29, 2028; the last leap day was on February 29, 2024. In Colorado during the 19th and 20th centuries, leap years became associated with social events that allowed for women to become pursuers in romantic relationships with men—as evidenced by the many articles devoted to the subject in Colorado newspapers. Chocolate gifting became a Valentine’s Day staple thanks to Richard Cadbury’s invention of the heart-shaped chocolate box in the 1800s. Today, chocolates are one of the top gifts exchanged on Valentine’s Day, with everything from fancy truffles to giant chocolate bars making their way into hearts and hands. February 14 has a long history as a day for friends and sweethearts to exchange tokens of affection. By the end of the eighteenth century, improvements in printing technology and lower postage rates made Valentines affordable, and ready-made cards began to compete with handwritten notes. It is just as common for a woman to send a man a message of undying love, especially during a leap year, and on Valentine's Day in a leap year it is the custom for women to ask their boyfriend or partner to marry them! These fascinating facts about Valentine's Day will put the holiday in a whole new light. 1. St. Valentine wasn't just one person. Many people know that Valentine’s Day is named after St The holiday might have been created to be celebrated in mid-February to honor St. Valentine’s death or to help Christian leaders celebrate Lupercalia, a pagan fertility festival held on February And Iin Italian tradition, Leap Day is regarded as an auspicious day for weddings and engagements. While leap years and marriage proposals evoke diverse traditions worldwide, there are cultures, like Greece, that view marrying in leap years, especially on Leap Day, as harbinger of bad luck. Russia takes it a bit further and associates leap Greeks consider it unlucky for couples to marry during a leap year, and especially on Leap Day. St Oswald’s Day. Leap day is also St Oswald’s Day, named after the archbishop of York who died on February 29, 992. His memorial is celebrated on February 29 during leap years and on February 28 during common years. Topics: Leap Year Valentine's Day generally falls on the dodgy shoulders of men to come up with something romantic, a display of love and affection for their long-suffering partner. In a leap year, however, while the exact history of the tradition is murky, women are permitted/expected to take the lead on the battlefield of love. This Valentine’s Day, when you’re giving that special someone a card, remember that you’re taking part in a tradition that got its start over 1,700 years ago! February 29: Leap Day. This month, February has something you won’t see again for four years. This is a leap year and it has an extra day—a leap day. Instead of the usual 28 Quick tip: if a year is divisible by four, it is considered a leap year (except for years that are both divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400) Today, a leap year simply means an extra day in the month of February to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. Conversely, Greek traditions says it’s unlucky for couples to marry during a leap year – especially on the actual Leap Day (29th Feb). Marriages that occur are said to end in divorce It is just as common for a woman to send a man a message of undying love, especially during a leap year, and on Valentine's Day in a leap year it is the custom for women to ask their boyfriend or partner to marry them! So watch out! Superstitions . Several Valentine's Day superstitions have even made their way into our modern-day vocabularies. Kids Valentine's Day Jeopardy No teams 1 team 2 teams 3 teams 4 teams 5 teams 6 teams 7 teams 8 teams 9 teams 10 teams Custom Press F11 Select menu option View > Enter Fullscreen for full-screen mode Leap years – unlucky for some? In several places, leap years and 29 February in particular are considered to bring bad luck. A superstition in Greece holds that marriages that take place in a leap year will end in divorce, and in Scotland it’s thought that those born on Leap Day will live a life of untold suffering. Scottish farmers 2024 is a Leap Year! According to Irish traditions, women are allowed to propose to their suitors on February 29, the day that only comes once every four years.
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