Valentines Day - Jay
Hello, hello, hello!
So, two days ago was Valentines Day, right? And most of y'all hated it (I myself don't mind some of the sweets >:D) But in all honesty, I think most of you have the story all mixed up. Valentine's Day isn't all about love and kissing and being around your datemate! Actually, it's about a Saint during the Roman empire. It's a pretty cool story, so grab your popcorn, cus J's about to tell y'all kiddies a story!
So this all started around the year 278 A.D.. Emperor Claudius II was ruling, and he wasn't a cool dude. This man loved his army, and he wanted it run with an iron fist. In fact, this douche bag was actually called Claudius the Cruel, due to his bloody ways. That meant that no one wanted to be in his army. And I mean no one.
Claudius is furious, thinking it's because young soldiers don't want to leave their wives and families to fight in useless wars. And he's kinda right. Like honestly, if I had a wife and kids, I wouldn't be doing jack for some dumb emperor with a blood lust problem. But the emperor isn't smart in the slightest (like mentioned previously) so he goes and bans all marriage and proposals in Rome. Smart.
And Claudius thinks he did a pretty good job. Well, that is, until Saint Valentine shows up.
Saint Valentine is the opposite of Claudius. He's nice, and kind, and loves seeing young love. So when the guy hears about the ban, he's shocked and hurt. It's like if your OTP isn't cannon and there's no way to salvage the ship.
Valentine is angry, so he goes and rounds up all his ships and gets them married in secret. I guess back then it was pretty easy to get an officiator ID....But anyway, Valentine goes and marries off all these young people, and Claudius soon finds out.
Outraged, the emperor immediately sentenced poor Valentine to death. In fact, Valentine was condemned to being beaten with clubs and to have his head cut off. Ouch.
Thankfully for Valentine though, he was granted the title of saint after his death.
And that's the story of Saint Valentine and Valentine's Day! So I hope you haters have a newfound respect of the holiday, and I hope you lovers out there realize how good you have it. See y'all later!
So, two days ago was Valentines Day, right? And most of y'all hated it (I myself don't mind some of the sweets >:D) But in all honesty, I think most of you have the story all mixed up. Valentine's Day isn't all about love and kissing and being around your datemate! Actually, it's about a Saint during the Roman empire. It's a pretty cool story, so grab your popcorn, cus J's about to tell y'all kiddies a story!
So this all started around the year 278 A.D.. Emperor Claudius II was ruling, and he wasn't a cool dude. This man loved his army, and he wanted it run with an iron fist. In fact, this douche bag was actually called Claudius the Cruel, due to his bloody ways. That meant that no one wanted to be in his army. And I mean no one.
Claudius is furious, thinking it's because young soldiers don't want to leave their wives and families to fight in useless wars. And he's kinda right. Like honestly, if I had a wife and kids, I wouldn't be doing jack for some dumb emperor with a blood lust problem. But the emperor isn't smart in the slightest (like mentioned previously) so he goes and bans all marriage and proposals in Rome. Smart.
And Claudius thinks he did a pretty good job. Well, that is, until Saint Valentine shows up.
Saint Valentine is the opposite of Claudius. He's nice, and kind, and loves seeing young love. So when the guy hears about the ban, he's shocked and hurt. It's like if your OTP isn't cannon and there's no way to salvage the ship.
Valentine is angry, so he goes and rounds up all his ships and gets them married in secret. I guess back then it was pretty easy to get an officiator ID....But anyway, Valentine goes and marries off all these young people, and Claudius soon finds out.
Outraged, the emperor immediately sentenced poor Valentine to death. In fact, Valentine was condemned to being beaten with clubs and to have his head cut off. Ouch.
Thankfully for Valentine though, he was granted the title of saint after his death.
And that's the story of Saint Valentine and Valentine's Day! So I hope you haters have a newfound respect of the holiday, and I hope you lovers out there realize how good you have it. See y'all later!
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