There is often bally-hoo (nice old fashioned word, no?) about the commercialization of Christmas and Easter and even Hallowe’en- or at least, a loss of the original intent.  I saw a post on Facebook today that said: “Happy Hallmark Day!” and given the mood I was in, I enjoyed my sardonic chuckle. It also got me to thinking about future generations researching the day.  Here is a collection of things you can find by just doing a random search on Valentine’s Day: