Joyeux fete des boîtes!
Feb. 15th, 2005 08:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9Happy Valentine's Boxing Day, everyone!
There is much dispute over the true origins of Valentine's Boxing Day, but one common story of the holiday's origins is that servants used to receive chocolate hearts from their office lovers on the first weekday after St Valentine's Day, the day after the family celebrations. These were generally called their hot lovin' boxes. Another story is that this is the day that priests broke open the collection boxes and distributed the money to the altar boys to prevent their pressing charges.
Adapted, ever so slightly, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
There is much dispute over the true origins of Valentine's Boxing Day, but one common story of the holiday's origins is that servants used to receive chocolate hearts from their office lovers on the first weekday after St Valentine's Day, the day after the family celebrations. These were generally called their hot lovin' boxes. Another story is that this is the day that priests broke open the collection boxes and distributed the money to the altar boys to prevent their pressing charges.
Adapted, ever so slightly, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
